Ashley Earnshaw promoted to head up regional TV sales across Nine and WIN
Nine Entertainment Co has promoted former Vizeum CEO Ashley Earnshaw to director of sales – regional TV, working with Nine and WIN management as part of the new regional affiliate arrangement, which commenced at the start of the month.
Earnshaw joined Nine four months ago as director – regional sales transformation, to manage the affiliate sales transition, and lay the foundations for the Nine and WIN national sales teams to work together on the sale of Nine Network inventory, including the relocation of the WIN national sales teams into Nine offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
In the new role Earnshaw will have dual reporting lines reporting to WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster and Nine chief sales officer Michael Stephenson. He will be a member of the WIN senior management team, which recently farewelled long serving director of sales – regional TV, Matthew Evans, who has stepped out of corporate work according to his LinkedIn.