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Nike promoted VP/Investor Relations GAVIN LINDBERG to VP & CFO for the Jordan Brand (OREGONLIVE.com, 11/10)….The Padres named Dolphins Senior Group Dir of Marketing & Content WAYNE PARTELLO Senior VP & CMO and NHL Panthers and BB&T Center Senior VP/Marketing & Brand Activation STEVEN ZIFF Senior VP/Sales (Padres)….The Dolphins named Yankees Dir of Ticket Sales & Service NICK FORRO VP/Sales & Service and Suns Dir of Business Development DAVE BALDWIN Dir of Consumer Sales (THE DAILY)….ESPN Audio recently announced a reorganization, in which ESPN Radio Senior VP JIM PASTOR “will oversee ESPN local, encompassing ESPN Radio 100 and ESPNChicago.com as well as company-owned stations and websites” in N.Y. and L.A. Pastor “will continue to be based in Chicago.” The GM role “at all three stations will be eliminated in the restructuring.” ESPN Local VP & GM JOHN CRAVENS was named VP/Local Revenues, while L.A.-based KSPN-AM GM SCOTT MCCARTHY was named ESPN Local VP/Content (ROBERTFEDER.com, 11/8)….Richard Childress Racing named MIKE COUGHLAN Technical Dir (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 11/10).

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