Executive Transactions

Zidovsky Will Leave Nielsen Effective April 24

Nielsen Sports Senior VP BARBARA ZIDOVSKY is leaving the company after 30 years, effective April 24. Zidovsky created the NSI Local Market Sports Report in the early '90s, and created the Nielsen Sports Marketing Service in '95 (THE DAILY)....Tennis Life Magazine named PETER FRANCESCONI Editor. From ’99-'08, Francesconi was Editorial Dir of Miller Sports Group Custom Publishing, a division of Tennis magazine. He also served as Managing Editor of Tennis from ’90-98 (RACQUETSPORTSINDUSTRY.com, 4/13)....Dick's Sporting Goods Exec VP & CMO GWENDOLYN MANTO has left the position. The company "doesn't expect to replace her in the position but instead will reconfigure its merchandising structure" under Chair & CEO EDWARD STACK and President & COO JOSEPH SCHMIDT (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 4/15)....MSG named NFL Giants Marketing Manager RODNELL WORKMAN VP/Strategic Partnerships (MSG)....The Duramed Futures Tour named Hard Rock Int'l Corporate Marketing Manager JOELY PIQUE Manager of Communications (Futures Tour)....Boston College has extended the contract of AD GENE DEFILIPPO through May '14. Since Boston College is a private school, details of the contract are not available (ESPN.com, 4/13)….Reilly Partners named JOHN MARTIN Managing Dir in the firm’s Chicago office. Most recently, Reilly was President & CEO of Converge Media (Reilly Partners)….BARRY MOSKOWITZ was named VP/Convention Sales for the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB). Since fall ’07, Moskowitz has been acting as VP/Sales and also manages the bureau’s Sports Division and serves as liaison to the Miami-Dade Sports Commission on amateur sporting events (GMCVB).

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