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Discovery Ad Chief Joe Abruzzese To Retire

Deadline | by TVNewsCheck

It’s the end of an era in TV advertising as Discovery Communications’ Joe Abruzzese — one of the industry’s best known, and admired, execs — announced that he will retire at year’s end. He spent the last 14 years of his 46-year career at the cable company after 11 years leading CBS’s ad sales, and 10 years at NBC.