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A&E Networks quietly hired “editors-in-chief” earlier this year. The cabler, whose channels include Lifetime and History, isn’t launching a magazine, but it does want to operate more like a publisher. And during this year’s upfront, A&E Networks wants advertisers to view the company less as a collection of TV businesses and more as storytellers.

The company, which makes its pitch to advertisers and agencies on Tuesday night, is focusing its efforts on creating culturally relevant brands, starting with its Lifetime and History networks. There has been a shift internally to refocus on a clear target audience and mission so that the networks become more like voices in the broader conversation than standard TV properties, said Amanda Hill, chief marketing officer, A&E Networks.

To do that, its editors-in-chief and their teams are creating thematic content areas, such as “Women in Tech” at Lifetime, designed to imitate the channels of digital publishers.

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