Allen Media Group has hired four advertising sales veterans of Warner Bros. Discovery amid the continued shakeup in traditional Hollywood. Robert Latorre, Stephanie Jackson, Tina Messina and Larry Alecia will be tasked with driving ad sales across Allen Media Group's 27 TV stations, its cable channels, syndicated TV portfolio and streaming platforms including HBCU Go and the Weather Channel Streaming App. More from Variety Facing Backlash Over Firing Its Meteorologists, Allen Media Group Learns an Important Lesson: Take the 'Local' Out of Local TV At Your Own Peril Allen Media Strikes New Nielsen Alliance After Touting Rival VideoAmp in 10-Year Deal (EXCLUSIVE) Christopher T. Young Joins Weather Channel as CFO Latorre is senior VP of national ad sales for Allen Media Group. He was a 25-year veteran of Warner Bros. Discovery and is predecessor companies. He was most recently senior VP of convergent advertising sales for Food Network/TLC/OWN and VP of convergent advertising sales for the Scripps Networks Interactive Food Network/Cooking Channel platforms. Jackson is senior VP of west coast sales and partnerships. She spent 21 years with WBD and predecessors. She most recently served as senior VP of cross portfolio sales for the western region and VP of western region for Warner Bros. Discovery. Messina becomes VP of performance marketing for Allen Media Group. A 23-year veteran of Warner Bros. Discovery, Messina was most recently VP of advertising sales, direct response linear and digital for Warner Bros. Discovery. Alecia is VP of advertising sales. He'd been with WBD for 15 years. He had most recently served as VP of portfolio sales for Warner Bros. Discovery and VP and sales manager for Discovery. "We are delighted to have these four outstanding ad sales executives join our Allen Media Group family," said Byron Allen, who is founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. "Allen Media Group is aggressively investing in and expanding our excellent ad sales team to better service our clients and increase our market share." Allen Media Group's holdings including cable's Weather Channel as well as niche lifestyle channels Pets.TV, Comedy.TV, Recipe.TV, Cars.TV, TheGrio Television Network, HBCU Go, Weather Channel Streaming App and Local Now. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.
