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Executive Transactions

ESPN named  ESPN N.Y. VP & Exec Editor LEON CARTER VP & Editorial Dir of ESPN's upcoming microsite headed by Editor-in-Chief JASON WHITLOCK. Carter will oversee all editorial content and the site's staff, reporting to Whitlock (ESPN). Meanwhile, Nielsen Media named ESPN VP/Integrated Media Research GLENN ENOCH Senior VP/Audience Insights, succeeding PAT MCDONOUGH, "who retired in December." Enoch joins Nielsen "after 17 years at ESPN" and was most recently "responsible for audience and subscriber research on ESPN's U.S. TV networks as well as ESPN on ABC and ESPN Audio" (MEDIAPOST.com, 1/7).

EXECS: SMG named Eagles Event Operations VP LEONARD BONACCI Regional VP/Stadiums & Arenas (SMG)....The ITF named ANDREW WALKER Commercial Dir, replacing KENNY MACLEOD. Walker is the former WTA CMO (ITF)....Topps named Bee Cave Games co-Founder & COO JEREMY STRAUSER GM of Digital (Topps)....Eastern Michigan Univ. named Northwestern Univ. Associate Athletics Trainer JENNIFER BROWN Associate AD/Sports Medicine (EMU)....Prodigy Sports named MARK GRESS JR. Dir of Recruiting. Gress previously served as Turnkey Sports & Entertainment Senior Exec Recruiter (Prodigy)....Point 3 Basketball named NBA D-League Canton Charge Manager of Basketball Operations JAMES WILLIAMS National Sales Manger (Point 3)....USA Table Tennis named N.Y. Road Runners Dir of Media Relations &Sports Strategy RICHARD FINN National Media & Marketing Consultant (USATT)....Technology company SSB Consulting named Chiefs Marketing Database Manager CHAD HIGNITE CRM Practice Manager (SSB)....Law firm Frankfurt Kurnit promoted CHRIS CHASE to Advertising, Marketing & PR Partner and ALAN SACKS to Entertainment Group & IP Finance Group Partner (Frankfurt Kurnit)....STR Marketplace promoted JASON HENSLEY to VP/Marketplace Sales & Operations and ABBEY DAVIS to Senior Marketplace Coordinator. The company also hired MICHAEL BROWN as Davis' replacement (STR).

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