Topps President & CEO Stepping Down

Ryan O'Hara will step down as Topps Co. President & CEO next month. O'Hara will join the company's BOD and serve as a strategic advisor, a move that essentially opens up the exec to other opportunities outside of Topps. Topps Chair Michael Eisner hired O'Hara three years ago to run the compa ...

Mandalay Sports Media Hires Battista As CEO

Mandalay Sports Media hired former Fox exec Rich Battista to be CEO of its 11-month-old venture. Battista will be based in L.A. and will oversee the company's day-to-day operations alongside its founders, co-Chairs  Peter Guber and  Mike Tollin . One of Battista's duties will be to iden ...

Dish Network To Carry FS San Diego

Dish Network has agreed to carry FS San Diego on its America's Top 120 Plus and Latino Dos packages this April. The RSN, which launched last March, carries Padres, Clippers and Ducks games. Dish says the channel will launch April 1, in time for MLB Opening Day. The deal could put pressure on Time Wa ...

Regis In Talks To Host Show On Fox Sports 1

Fox Sports has been in talks with veteran TV host Regis Philbin to host a show for its planned Fox Sports 1 channel, according to several sources. Fox and Philbin have not agreed on a deal yet, but sources say talks are serious and an agreement could be close at hand. Fox declined to comment on the ...

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Fox Sports In Talks With Regis Philbin

Fox Sports has been in talks with veteran TV host Regis Philbin to host a show for its planned Fox Sports 1 channel, according to several sources. Fox and Philbin have not agreed on a deal yet, but sources say talks are serious and an agreement could be close at hand. Fox declined to comment on th ...

CBS Not Planning To Address Marino Controversy

CBS is not planning to address a controversy involving studio analyst Dan Marino during the network's Super Bowl XLVII pregame show, CBS Sports Group Chair Sean McManus told THE DAILY Thursday. When asked if Marino would talk about an out-of-wedlock child he had with a production assistant ...

Dodgers, TWC Officially Agree To Deal

Time Warner Cable's 25-year deal with the Dodgers became official this morning. The deal is worth nearly $8B and will lead to the creation of a sixth RSN for the L.A. market. The Dodgers will launch SportsNet L.A. in '14 through American Media Productions LLC, a fully owned subsidiary that the team ...

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TWC-Dodgers TV Deal Becoming Official

Time Warner Cable’s 25-year, $7B deal with the Dodgers will become official this morning and will lead to the creation of a sixth RSN for the L.A. market. The Dodgers will launch SportsNet L.A. in '14 through American Media Productions, a fully owned subsidiary that the team quietly launched j ...

Bettman Bullish On NHL Season's Start

Early TV and attendance numbers suggest that fans have started returning to the NHL, a development that has caused NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to breathe a sigh of relief. "We could be hopeful all we wanted, but we didn't take anything for granted," Bettman said. "We are grateful and we are exci ...

NBC Sports Regional Nets Hires Buckman

NBC Sports Regional Networks hired Timothy Buckman as VP/Strategic Communications. Buckman, who has held PR jobs with Fox and most recently Callaway, will report to Jon Litner , who announced the hire in an internal memo this morning. Buckman officially starts Feb. 11 and will relocate back to N. ...