In N.Y., Ramachandran & Vranica write 45-year-old KRISTIN DOLAN, the wife of Cablevision CEO JAMES DOLAN, is "emerging with a more prominent role" at Cablevision after the recent exodus of top execs. A 22-year veteran of the company, she "was promoted in November" to Senior Exec VP/Product Management & Marketing. Her rise "has less to do with nepotism and much more to do with her own vision for the cable industry." With her new position, Kristin has "gained wider influence throughout the company," and is "using that to change Cablevision's marketing direction." A source said that she has "voiced discontent with the previous marketing approach ... which largely involved offering discounts to attract new customers and creating attack ads against the competition" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 3/28).
GETTING INSIDE: Golf broadcaster DAVID FEHERTY appeared in-studio on “CBS This Morning” this morning to discuss his Golf Channel show, “FEHERTY.” CBS’ Erica Hill said, “You do get people to open up in a way, and ... one of your goals too with your show ‘Feherty’ is really to give us something we didn’t know before.” Feherty said “It’s interesting to just hear about their childhoods, where they came from, what influenced them and those are the things that I think most people don’t know.” Feherty added, “Just how your formative years really affect who you turn out to be and what it looks like to other people. But what it looks like to other people isn’t necessarily what it is and that’s what I’m looking for” (“CBS This Morning,” CBS, 3/28).
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Wagner card should fetch $1.2-1.5M
in online auction |
BIG BUCS: St. Louis-based Goodwin & Co. President
BILL GOODWIN said that the 1909 trading card of former Pirates SS
HONUS WAGNER should sell for between $1.2-1.5M in an online auction that began yesterday. D'Backs Managing Partner
KEN KENDRICK "purchased a version of the same card with a higher grading" for $2.8M in '07, making that "the most expensive baseball card ever sold." The minimum bid for the Wagner card was set at $300,000 (
BLOOMBERG NEWS, 3/27).
REAL ESTATE REPORT: Golfer FRED COUPLES has sold the Charlotte home he bought less than two years ago to Bobcats F TYRUS THOMAS. Thomas and his wife purchased the 6,100-square-foot, five-bedroom home for $1.5M (CHARLOTTE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 3/23 issue)....Baseball HOFer RYNE SANDBERG has listed his 2,500-square-foot vintage co-op unit in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood for $650,000 (CHICAGOTRIBUNE.com, 3/27)....ESPN's KENNY MAYNE sold his Avon, Conn., house for $650,000, seven months after he and his family moved to Kirkland, Wash. (PATCH.com, 3/26).
NAMES: Packers President & CEO MARK MURPHY is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at Colgate University's commencement on May 20. Murphy is a Colgate alumn and served as AD from '92-'03 (JSONLINE.com, 3/27)....The family of Magic Owner RICH DEVOS publicly supported Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY the day after the Michigan primary. A finance report shows that the DeVos family contributed $22,500 to Romney's campaign (MLIVE.com, 3/27)....Cardinals LF MATT HOLLIDAY and 3B DAVID FREESE are “promoting a pledge program to benefit Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.” The fundraiser is based on a combination of “public involvement and the Cardinals’ power at the plate” (STLTODAY.com, 3/27)….Canadian Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER gave Japan Prime Minister YOSHIHIKO NODA a signed pair of UFC gloves before the two began free trade talks this past weekend (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 3/26)….The Mets will hold a pregame ceremony with the family of late Baseball HOFer GARY CARTER on April 5 at Citi Field (NEWSDAY.com, 3/26)….Seahawks RB MARSHAWN LYNCH will appear in the movie “MATT’S CHANCE,” which is being filmed in Seattle this week by local production house Mirror Images (SEATTLEPI.com, 3/26)….In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, composer JOHN WILLIAMS has created “FANFARE FOR FENWAY,” a special tribute to the ballpark. The piece was recorded at Boston’s Symphony Hall, and performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Williams conducting (Red Sox)....Singer NE-YO is schedule to perform at Aria Resort & Casino during the 11th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational on Friday (THE DAILY)....NBA Cares and BBVA Compass will team up on the initiative “TEAM. WORKS. IN SCHOOLS” to revitalize Central High School in Phoenix (THE DAILY).
