A+E Networks has hired Related Content Group President and Chief Content Creator Teri Kennedy as the company’s director of lifestyle programming and daytime originals.
In the newly created role, Kennedy “will develop a robust lineup of new and original daytime and lifestyle programming across A+E’s portfolio of networks, fast channels, the recently launched multi-platform Home.Made.Nation network, as well as and for worldwide sales and distribution,” according to A+E Networks, a joint venture between Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst.
He will report to Rob Sharenow, president of programming for A+E Networks, which encompasses cable channels A&E, Lifetime, History Channel, LMN, FYI, Vice TV and Blaze, among other assets.
“Teri brings a wealth of experience and deep relationships in the creative community to help bolster A+E’s industry-leading slate and extensive library of original lifestyle and daytime programming,” Sharenow said in a statement accompanying the release. Kennedy’s hiring announcement on Monday. “His experience of hers will be instrumental in further pushing A+E’s status as a nonfiction content creation powerhouse.”
A five-time Emmy nominee and one-time winner, Kennedy most recently served as President and Chief Content Creator at the Related Content Group. His previous roles over his three decades in the industry include Executive Vice President of Development and Original Programming at Steve Harvey’s East One Twelve Productions, Executive Vice President of Development and Original Programming at Ryan Seacrest Productions, and current Senior Vice President of Production at Oxygene Media. .
Kennedy graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production.
Source: variety.com