While at Scripps, Peterman was responsible for initiating the acquisitions of the company's online comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch, and for a time provided operational oversight for the two businesses.
Before joining Scripps, Peterman worked three years at Interactive Corp, including time spent serving as chief financial officer of the company's entertainment division as well the company's electronic commerce business, HSN, Prior to Interactive Corp, Peterman held senior financial management positions at Sinclair Communications Inc and Tribune Company.
Peterman, who graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in accounting, began his career as a senior auditor for Peat Marwick in Chicago.
The J. Peterman Company is a leading lifestyle brand that has been dedicated to delivering interesting and factual entertainment and products to its customers around the globe for more than 20 years through catalogs, retail and the Internet.
The company's recently launched Peterman's Eye is the company's first advertising-supported content site, dedicated to delivering a daily brief to curious minds around the world.