Executive Transactions

Youbet.com CEO CHUCK CHAMPION is leaving the position after more than five years to pursue other opportunities. Youbet.com COO GARY SPROULE will take over as interim CEO on December 11 (THOROUGHBREDTIMES.com, 12/3)….ESPN Deportes has named Diageo Multicultural Marketing Manager MARIBEL VITERI Dir of Marketing. Viteri will be based in N.Y. and will report to ESPN Deportes GM LINO GARCIA (ESPN)…..Former SNY News Dir MICHELLE MURPHY was named Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Senior Dir of News Programming, where she succeeds MARK JORDAN (CSN).

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