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Blue Jackets season-ticket prices "for most seats are going up slightly" next season. Team Exec VP Larry Hoepfner said that those who "renew by March 27 will pay an average increase" of 2.7%. Those who "renew after March" will face an average increase of 4.5% (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 3/6).

A source said that FS Ohio "has selected Andre Knott as its sideline reporter" for Indians telecasts during the '15 season, replacing Katie Witham, who "left her position to pursue other opportunities" (NEWS-HERALD.com, 3/5).

Sources said that Time Inc. "is close to naming" former Mandalay Sports Media CEO Rich Battista "to lead the company's largest brand, People magazine, as well as its sibling publication Entertainment Weekly" (ADAGE.com, 3/6).

NBC runs a full-page ad in USA Today and the N.Y. Times promoting tomorrow night's network debut of Premier Boxing Champions: "After 30 Years, Boxing Is Back On NBC Primetime" (THE DAILY).

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