SANDY LITVACK TO RESIGN: SANDY LITVACK will resign his
post as Vice Chair of Walt Disney at year-end to pursue
other opportunities. Litvack will move to a non-exclusive
part time executive role at Disney and will focus primarily
on legal and governmental affairs, as well as corporate
alliance relationships and sports operations. The company
doesn't plan to name a successor (THE DAILY).
EXECS: J. RILEY MCDONOUGH was named as VP/Advertising &
Sales at ESPN Internet Group. He was previously VP/Sales &
Marketing at Internet applications company eCal (AD AGE,
10/9 issue)....The Golf Channel has named DAVID MANOUGIAN,
an original member of its exec team, as COO (The Golf
Channel)....DREW OHLMEYER, the son of "MNF" Exec Producer
DON OHLMEYER, has been named as Media Relations Dir for the
XFL's L.A. Xtreme. Ohlmeyer was previously a sports anchor
at KMIR-NBC in Palm Springs (L.A. TIMES, 10/13)....ESPN STAR
Sports (ESS) named former Time Warner VP WAYNE BECKER as
Senior VP/Programming & Event Management. Becker will
relocate to ESS' headquarters in Singapore and report to
Managing Dir Rik Dovey (ESS)....Dallas-based eFANshop named
DONALD ROACH as Exec VP & COO. Roach had served as Senior
VP/Finance & Operations for Footaction USA
(eFANshop)....NASCAR Winston Cup Scene Associate Editor JEFF
OWENS has been promoted to Managing Editor (THE DAILY).
