SI named its Northwest Ad Dir JOHN RODENBURG as
Associate Publisher & Marketing Dir. Rodenburg joined Time
as a Senior Account Exec for MONEY magazine in '81 (SI).
...The MetroStars named former Octagon Group Dir JOHN GUPPY
as Senior VP/Sales & Marketing (MetroStars)....In addition
to naming former USA Today Baseball Weekly Publisher KEITH
CUTLER as Exec VP/Sales & Marketing, Turner Broadcasting
also promoted VP/Sports Sponsorships & Marketing CHRISTOPHER
EAMES to Senior VP/Sports Sponsorships & Marketing
(SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 3/20 issue)....Former MLB Special
Assistant/Baseball Operations RALPH NELSON was named
VP/Umpiring (MLB)....ETHAN GREEN has been named Global
Sponsorship & Sports Marketing Manager for Compaq Computer
Corp. Green, who will be based at the company's HQ in
Houston, will be responsible for int'l sponsorship strategy.
Green recently earned his MBA at NYU and was previously
Assistant Editor of THE DAILY (THE DAILY)....The Mavericks
named GEORGE PROKOS as Dir of New Revenue, replacing MARK
ANDREW ZWARTYNSKI, who left to join vectrix.com.
Prospective Mavs Owner MARK CUBAN said of Prokos: "He's a
great friend of mine who is doing a great job taking care of
new and old customers" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM,
3/22)....The N.Y. Times Company Magazine Group named former
Golf World Publisher PETER GROSS as VP/Sales & Marketing. In
addition, DAN ROBERTSON was named Ad Dir of Golf World
Group, a combination of Golf World and Golf Shop Operations.
Robertson was Golf Shop Ops Ad Dir (N.Y. Times Magazine).
