Sports Industrialists

EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

4.14.1998

          ESPN STAR Sports, a joint venture between ESPN and News
     Corp.'s STAR TV network, announced a series of management
     changes: CHRIS MCDONALD moves to Senior VP/Strategic
     Planning from VP/Marketing; Senior VP & GM/Affiliate Sales
     SIMON YU will add VP/marketing to his title; SALLY VAUGHAN
     was promoted to Marketing Dir from Marketing Manager (AD
     AGE, 4/10)....The Buccaneers "fired" Ticket Dir KEVIN BROOKS
     and two members of his staff.  A replacement has not yet
     been announced (Pat Yasinskas, TAMPA TRIBUNE, 4/14).

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