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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          PETER KENYON replaces MARTIN EDWARDS as CEO of
     Manchester United today, "bringing to an end nearly 40 years
     of family control at the football club."  United Finance Dir
     DAVID GILL will take over Kenyon's role as Deputy CEO.  The
     moves are "expected to herald an acceleration in the club's
     commercial expansion and an improvement in its
     communications with fans and the press" (FIN. TIMES, 7/17).
          OTHER MOVES: Magna Entertainment appointed MARK FELDMAN
     as President & CEO, replacing JERRY CAMPBELL, who will
     continue as a Dir and VP.  Feldman spent the last 7 years at
     the E! Entertainment TV, most recently as Exec VP/Business
     Operations (Magna Entertainment)....The SPORTSBUSINESS
     JOURNAL's Daniel Kaplan reports that adidas Global Tennis
     Dir ULF DAHLSTROM is leaving to join Octagon, where he will
     be a Senior Manager in its Tennis Division.  Dahlstrom will
     be based in Monte Carlo (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 7/17).
     ...The Eagles promoted RON HOWARD to Dir of Public &
     Community Relations and DEREK BOYKO to Coordinator of
     Football Media Services.  The team named JULIE DUBIN to
     Coordinator of Community Relations.  Dubin worked previously
     at the NHL in the league's TV and business affairs office
     (THE DAILY)....Boston Globe columnist WILL MCDONOUGH was
     subject to the company's mandatory retirement age and has
     retired, although he is expected to write for the Globe
     occasionally (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/14)....ORLANDO SENTINEL
     columnist LARRY GUEST has retired. Guest wrote that he was
     motivated to retire "by a desire to share more quality time
     with my wonderful wife, three daughters and five
     grandchildren" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/16)

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