BILL FUTTERER, President of the Cleveland Browns Trust
since its inception in '96, has resigned. He will assume
new duties for the NFL (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 10/14).
...ANDREW THAU was promoted to Senior VP/Operations &
Network Development for Fox Sports Int'l. He will focus on
the daily operations of overseas ventures, including Fox
Sports Americas/Latin America and Fox Sports World/Middle
East (Fox/Liberty Networks)....The Lightning promoted
JACQUES DEMERS to Head Coach/GM, effective immediately. GM
PHIL ESPOSITO and Dir of Hockey Personnel & Scouting TONY
ESPOSITO were relieved of their duties (Lightning)....MLB
Properties VP & CIO JIM MASTERSON joins Bristol-Meyers/
Squibb as VP/Global Market Research & Business Intelligence
(BRANDWEEK, 10/12)....JEFF PRICE was named MasterCard's
Domestic Sponsorship Chief, succeeding BILL DAILY
(BRANDWEEK, 10/12)....MARC EDWARDS, Senior VP/GM of Fox
Sports New England, has left for a position in the Corporate
Development department at Cablevision. Edwards will be
replaced by DAVID WOODMAN, who was most recently Managing
Dir of Sci-Fi Channel Europe (FSNE).....MLB Rangers
Assistant Dir of PR CHARLEY GREEN has resigned (Rangers).
