ESPN VP & Publishing Dir STEVEN BINDER "has mysteriously left after six years in the position." The change comes as ESPN The Magazine "is trying to figure out its future in a 24-hour news cycle." The magazine’s ad pages "declined 11 percent to 520 in the first half of the year versus the year-ago period." The timing of the change "is curious -- there was a big corporate restructuring a year ago" when JOHN KOSNER took on the role of Exec VP/Digital & Print Media (ADWEEK.com, 8/30).
EXECS: Sources said that MLS Chivas USA GM JOSE DOMENE "was dismissed Thursday" (LATIMES.com, 8/31)....Univ. at Buffalo promoted Senior Associate AD/Development JOHN LAMBERT Senior Associate AD/External Affairs (Buffalo)....Binghamton Univ. named MIKE MCKERCHER Assistant AD/Development (Binghamton)....Belmont Abbey College men's basketball coach STEPHEN MISS has added AD to his responsibilities (Belmont Abbey)....Lewis Univ. named JOHN PLANEK AD (Lewis).
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