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Bleacher Report named HOWARD MITTMAN CMO & CRO, reporting to Bleacher Report CEO DAVE FINOCCHIO starting Aug. 14. Mittman "spent more than a decade" at Condé Nast, most recently as Chief Business Officer (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 7/24)....Seattle-based helmet startup VICIS named Amazon Finance Dir DAVID AUCKLAND CFO (THE DAILY)....The NFL Panthers fired Dir of Player Personnel MARK KONCZ, who had "been with the Panthers since their inception." Koncz had been promoted to his current role by former GM DAVE GETTLEMAN in May (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/25)....The Packers promoted Assistant Dir of Premium Seating JASON MCDONOUGH to Dir of Ticketing & Premium Seating. As part of his promotion, the ticketing and premium seating departments will merge (Packers)....The Frisco Bowl named FS Southwest Account Exec & Partnerships Dir SEAN JOHNSON Exec Dir (Frisco Bowl)....The Univ. of Pittsburgh named Univ. of Cincinnati Senior Associate AD/Capital Projects, Facilities & Operations BRENDAN FOURACRE Exec Associate AD/Capital Planning & Projects and Facility & Event Operations. Fouracre becomes the "fourth member of Pitt's senior administration" hired by AD HEATHER LYKE, who took over in March (POST-GAZETTE.com, 7/24)....Learfield named Seattle Univ. Assistant AD/Corporate Partnerships RYAN COOK GM of its Cleveland State property (Learfield)....The Richmond Times-Dispatch promoted sports reporter MICHAEL PHILLIPS to Sports Editor. Phillips has been with the paper covering the Redskins since '07 (RICHMOND.com, 7/24)....The Tourette Association of America named NFL Senior VP/Marketing JULIE HADDON to its BOD (TAA).

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