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Faces and Places05 / 13 / 13Knight’s a hall of famer Nike co-founder Phil Knight was among seven people inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame at a ceremony and dinner April 29 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Above: The inducte... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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Battle to stay as chairman
The leadership at Collegiate Licensing Co. might have rolled over recently, but the company’s constant through the years — Bill Battle — isn’t changing. Battle Battle, 69, is staying ...
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Summer Reading — Beach Books, part III
SEAN MCMANUS Chairman, CBS Sports McManus “SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper,” by Howard Wasdin and Stephen Templin Is there a more impressive group of men in the worl ...
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Spotlight: Dan Griffis
After working in motorsports for nearly a decade, Dan Griffis has taken the position of director of strategic partnerships, events and lifestyle marketing with retail giant Target. Griffis, who was vice president of business development at Chip Ganassi Racing, will now be working with one of the te ...
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Summer Reading — Beach Books, part II
BILL ROBERTSON Robertson VP of communications and broadcasting, Minnesota Sports & Entertainment “Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years,” by David Talbot I am so fascina ...
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From the MLB All-Star Game in Phoenix BANK OF AMERICA (From left) Karl Gentles, executive director of Back to School Clothing Drive; Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder Chris Young; and Bank of America Arizona P ...
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Summer Jobs
As summer heats up we ask industry executives: What’s the most memorable summertime job you had during your high school and college years, and why? Responses edited for clarity and brevity ...
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Kvamme Marketing SportsOne named Kira Kvamme account and public relations manager. Career Sports and Entertainment promoted Adam Zimmerman to president and hired Matt Lorenzo as senior account ma ...
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Summer Reading — Beach Books
Smith J ARED SMITH COO, business operations, Ticketmaster “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization,” by Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wr ...
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Summer Jobs
What’s the most memorable summertime job you had during your high school and college years, and why? Responses edited for clarity and brevity ...
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People
Baseball Smith The San Diego Padres hired Nicole Smith as director of brand development. Alan Ledford resigned as president, general manager and chief operating officer of the Class AAA Pacific Coast ...
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