A&E net adds sale staff

Execs added to History Channel

By YVONNE GEORGINA PUIG

A&E Television Networks has tapped several ad sales execs for positions at A&E and the History Channel.

Peter Olsen, formerly of Mediacom and NBC Sports, will serve as senior VP of ad sales for A&E Network and the Biography Channel, while Brian Granath, formerly veep of AETN, will now oversee the History Channel as VP of ad sales. Mike Peretz has been upped to veepee of AETN integrated sales and marketing, and 10-year CBS veteran Robert Edney will now serve as VP of sales strategy and development.

In addition, Shawn Walker has been named director of AETN ad sales in Chicago and Stephen Rhee, director of AETN ad sales in Los Angeles.

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