Knutson Knamed EVP/CFO At Scripps

• After a four-month, planetwide search, the E.W. Scripps Company has promoted Chief Strategy Officer, Lisa Knutson, naming her as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Possession being 9/10 of the law, Knutson has been serving as interim CFO since the departure of Tim Wesolowski in early October.

Knutson, who joined Scripps in 2005, has deep experience in finance, accounting and human resources. Appointed Chief Strategy Officer in August, she had added corporate development to her prior responsibilities as Chief Administrative Officer: leading enterprise-wide strategic planning, consumer insights, human resources, IT and corporate communications/investor relations.

“Lisa has been an instrumental player on our management team for more than a decade,” said Adam Symson, Scripps President & CEO. “She served in key roles during the spinoff of Scripps Networks Interactive and the double-spin, double-merge transaction with the former Journal Communications that divested Scripps of newspapers and doubled our broadcast holdings. She is creative and solution-oriented about business strategy, and her strong leadership will help guide the company effectively through this next phase of restructuring and growth.”

• Scripps has also promoted Controller and Treasurer, Doug Lyons, upgrading him to Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer.

Lyons (left) joined Scripps in 1985 as Assistant Controller and has led the company’s accounting operations since the 2008 spinoff of SNI, including the centralization of accounting and finance operations. Most recently, he led the refinancing of the company’s borrowings and financing for the Katz acquisition this summer.