Industry Moves: Judy Girard To President, HGTV

The fact that this move is worth mentioning on paidContent.org tells you how far Scripps Networks has advanced in the broadband world. Judy Girard was the force behind Food Network and just emerged from the relaunch of Scripps’ Shop At Home e-commerce network. Now she succeeds Burton Jablin as president of flagship HGTV with its 90 million households and 5 million monthly uniques. E.W. Scripps President and CEO Ken Lowe: “Judy did exactly what we depended on her to do at Shop At Home. She has dramatically improved the quality and presentation of the programming and she has successfully integrated our lifestyle brands and on-air talent into this electronic retailing environment.” Girard starts at HGTV Nov. 14; no word yet on her successor at Shop At Home. Press release.

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