Executive Transactions

Fox Networks Group named former Sky Deutschland CEO BRIAN SULLIVAN to the newly created position of President of Digital. Sullivan's responsibilities "will include direct-to-consumer digital video as well as driving growth at properties" like Fox Sports Go and the Fox Play int'l offerings. He is also "expected to collaborate" with other top execs at FNG, a unit of 21st Century Fox, to "help develop a single, global, commercial platform." Sullivan "will report" to FNG Chair & CEO PETER RICE (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 6/25).

EXECS: The Dolphins named Univ. of Maryland Assistant AD/Football Communications MATT TAYLOR Dir of Football Communications and promoted HANK NATHAN to Football Communications Manager and GAYLE BADEN and MICHAEL FARNHAM to Communications Coordinators (Dolphins)....WWE named e-commerce company Provide Commerce Senior VP/Legal & Public Affairs and General Counsel BLAKE BILSTAD Senior VP/General Counsel & Secretary. He will also serve as Corporate Secretary to WWE's BOD and report directly to Chair & CEO VINCE MCMAHON (WWE)....The Univ. of Arkansas Dir of Men's Basketball Communications PAT PIERSON to Assistant AD/Communications (NAPLESNEWS.com, 6/25)....The Aspire Group announced the following hirings for its Fan Relationship Management Center for Univ. of Texas Athletics: RALPH COPPOLA, JARETH GLANDA and BRENDAN REILLY as Sales Consultants, ASHLEIGH STEELHAMMER as Service Consultant and WADE LONGMIRE as Team Leader (THE DAILY)....The America East Conference promoted Senior Associate Commissioner SHONNA BROWN to Exec Associate Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner for Championships CHAD DWYER to Associate Commissioner/Championships (America East)....The Utah Section PGA named PGA professional DEVIN DEHLIN Exec Dir, succeeding the retiring SCOTT WHITTAKER (DESERET NEWS, 6/25).

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