NGUYỄN MÔN was appointed chair of V.League side Long An to replace VÕ THÀNH NHIỆM. Môn is a shareholder of the club. Nhiệm resigned "after his club displayed unsporting behaviour" in the match between Long An and Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 19 (VIETNAM NEWS, 2/22). ... MICHAEL PAULL, a digital media exec from Amazon, has been hired to lead BAMTech, the $3B video-streaming company on which Walt Disney Co. "has bet its digital future." At BAMTech, Paull will help Disney’s ESPN launch a subscription streaming service to "help ease the company’s reliance on cable subscriptions." For the last three years, Paull has been VP of digital video for Amazon and "oversaw the introduction of Prime Video" (BLOOMBERG, 2/21). ... The WWE named media company WeMash co-Founder, President & COO SAL SIINO senior VP/global content distribution & business development. Siino will report directly to WWE Exec VP/Strategy & Analytics TANDY O'DONOGHUE. Before co-founding WeMash, Siino was exec VP/partnerships & CRO of Bedrocket Media Ventures (WWE). ... Broadband Deliver UK CEO CHRIS TOWNSEND will step down at the end of April to become the commercial director at Chelsea. His new role becomes effective in May (TOTAL TELECOM, 2/22).
COACHES/MANAGERS: League Championship side Blackburn Rovers appointed TONY MOWBRAY as its new head coach, a day after OWEN COYLE "left the club by mutual consent." The 53-year-old was last in charge of League One side Coventry and has "previously been boss of Middlesbrough, Celtic, West Brom and Hibernian." DAVID LOWE, 51, will "move up from his position with the academy to become assistant manager," while former Rover DAVID DUNN, 37, "has been made first team coach" (BBC, 2/22).
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