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Sources: More Versus Execs No Longer Have Jobs At The Network
Published February 2, 2011
NBC Sports continues to assert its dominance over the NBC Sports Group, with at least three more Versus execs being told that they no longer have jobs at the network. Sources tell THE DAILY that the network's coordinating producer for NHL games, Mike Baker, and Senior VP & Exec Producer Leon Schweir were told that they will not be returning to the network. It is not known if Baker or Schweir will assume other roles within Comcast. Their duties will be overseen by NBC Sports execs Jon Miller, who was promoted to president of programming for NBC Sports and Versus, and Sam Flood, who was promoted to executive producer of NBC Sports and Versus.
On the digital side, Versus VP/Digital Media Neal Scarbrough also has been told that he will not be returning with the network. On Tuesday, Versus President Jamie Davis was told that he would not be returning to the net. So far, it appears that all of the layoffs from the combined company have come from Versus execs; THE DAILY has not heard of any that have come from NBC Sports, to date.
Baker has been with the channel since '05, coming over when the channel was named OLN and it first picked up NHL rights. Versus hired Scarbrough in the fall of '08, and it hired Schweir in the spring of '09 from Big Ten Network.
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On the digital side, Versus VP/Digital Media Neal Scarbrough also has been told that he will not be returning with the network. On Tuesday, Versus President Jamie Davis was told that he would not be returning to the net. So far, it appears that all of the layoffs from the combined company have come from Versus execs; THE DAILY has not heard of any that have come from NBC Sports, to date.
Baker has been with the channel since '05, coming over when the channel was named OLN and it first picked up NHL rights. Versus hired Scarbrough in the fall of '08, and it hired Schweir in the spring of '09 from Big Ten Network.
