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“I
feel my mission at Travel Channel is complete,” Ong said. “I came here
to help transition Travel Channel into the Scripps family of lifestyle
brands, put together a great leadership and creative team, and position
the network for unprecedented growth. With those objectives
accomplished, I’m looking forward to Travel Channel’s continuing
evolution into a uniquely defined and competitively powerful lifestyle
television brand.”
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Ong
will step down at the end of the month. Burton Jablin,If you want to
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Prior
to coming aboard the Travel Channel, Ong — who assumed the position of
Travel Channel president in April 2010 — served as chief operating
officer at Hong Kong-based television network Star Group Limited. She
was also a founding president of National Geographic Channel.
“With
Laureen Ong at the helm, Travel Channel has made great strides toward
redefining travel as a television genre and establishing Travel Channel
as a premier lifestyle television brand,” Jablin said. “Laureen provided
the right leadership at the right time that was needed to move Travel
Channel in a new direction to enhance its value to media consumers,
advertisers and content distributors.”
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