The announcement that former MSG & Marquee Group CEO
BOB GUTKOWSKI has joined Worldwide Entertainment & Sports
(WWES) as President & CEO means he "is taking another run at
growing a business that's a player in the worlds of sports
and entertainment endorsements as well as the multiple media
those fields cut across," according to Michele Greppi of the
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. WWES BOD Chair CHARLES KOPPELMAN said
the company has "just completed raising over $5.5 million in
equity financing to help Bob begin to grow this company into
a major player in the sports and entertainment fields."
Gutkowski, on his plans: "Our initial steps will be to
produce a new look, new name, new logo for the company,
develop a global corporate strategy and analyze several
potential acquisitions" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 6/21).
Gutkowski also said that "one of his goals is to push the
company into production, not only of sports programming but
of music and entertainment programming." Gutkowski is "high
on the two Web sites that WWES owns: Houseofboxing.com and
Sportscut.com" (DAILY VARIETY, 6/21).
