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SBJ Article
Sarah Hirshland
Published March 03, 2008...areer at Total Sports, which was then acquired by Quokka Sports;
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SBD Article
Executive Transactions
Published May 29, 2002com, Smelzer was NBC/Quokka Ventures Dir of Business Development (Fox Sports)...
Nintendo President HIROSHI YAMAUCHI is stepping down from his position after 52 years. Yamauchi, who is also Mariners Majority Owner, represents Nintendo on the team''s BOD. Mariners CEO HOWARD LINCOL
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SBD Article
Executive Transactions
Published May 15, 2002Fliegel was Quokka Sports VP/Sponsor Programming and Petersen was Le...
Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) promoted VP HOWARD SCHACTER to Senior VP/PR and named BENNETT KLEINBERG as Senior Dir of PR. Most recently, Kleinberg was Digital Club Network VP/Marketing & Communic
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SBD Article
Capitals Extend Ties With AHL Portland Pirates
Published May 13, 2002The Capitals and the AHL Portland Pirates recently announced that the two teams have renegotiated and extended the agreement that has made the Pirates the top developmental team for the Capitals since '93. The new agreement is a five-year deal retroactive to the '01-02 season, and will run through the '05-06 AHL campaign (THE DAILY).
The Capitals and the AHL Portland Pirates recently announced that the two teams have renegotiated and extended the agreement that has made the Pirates the top developmental team for the Capitals since
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Media Notes
Published March 27, 2002Michael Gough, formerly CCO & Exec Producer of Quokka Sports, said he was "extremely uncomfortable" wit... ...with NBC Sports Chair Dick Ebersol, when NBC and Quokka discussed how they could "jointly broadcast the s... ...Dick Ebersol, ... and my CEO is talking about how Quokka is going to buy ESPN or Disney about how we wou...
ESPN: MULTICHANNEL NEWS'' R. Thomas Umstead writes ESPN''s decision to add more weekly games to its MLB schedule is "curious, considering that several years ago ESPN reduced the number of weekly baseb
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Domain Games: Penguins & ESPN Battle For The Return Of URLs
Published December 13, 2001...isco or the bankruptcy (officers for former owner Quokka Sports) authorized this" (SBJ, 12/10 issue).
The Penguins have won ownership over the "disputed Internet domain" www.NHLPenguins.com, according to Michael Bartlett of NEWSBYTES.com, who noted the name was registered without the team''s permissio
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SBD Article
Executive Transactions
Published October 25, 2001Tratner was with Quokka Sports and Total Sports.
Suns Chair & CEO JERRY COLANGELO was elected Chair of the NBA BOG, replacing Pacers co-Owner HERB SIMON, who served as Chair for the past two years (NBA)....The Ericsson Open tennis event named DAVID
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SBD Article
Executive Transactions
Published September 20, 2001Most recently, Lumme was NBC/Quokka Ventures GM (ESPN).
Brian Mulligan The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER''s Cynthia Littleton reports BRIAN MULLIGAN has resigned as Chair of Fox Television after less than a year in his position. Mulligan oversaw business operations o
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SBD Article
Names In The News
Published July 27, 2001The AP's Michael Liedtke writes that QUOKKA SPORTS went bankrupt three months ago, and yester... ...e went on display as auctioneers prepared to sell Quokka's furniture and equipment.
HE''S BAAAAACK: KEITH OLBERMANN will be the guest host from July 30-August 3 on CNN''s "Greenfield At Large." The show begins at 10:30pm ET. Olbermann has a been a guest on the show twice since it deb
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SBD Article
MSNBC's Ona Roll: Names Three New Execs To Handle Web Sites
Published July 20, 2001He was previously Quokka Sports VP/Sales & Corporate Partnerships. He was previously Quokka Sports Exec Producer. Quokka had been responsible for nbcolympics.
ONA KARASA has been named GM for www.olympics.com, www.saltlake2002.com and www.nbcolympics.com. Karasa is responsible for the management and production of the joint site, overseeing coordination with
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Media Notes
Published June 29, 2001...in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after its former owner" Quokka Sports filed for bankruptcy in April (GOLF WORLD,...
TV MONITOR: Last night''s 10:30pm ET 30-minute edition of FSN''s "National Sports Report" led with Padres RF Tony Gwynn officially announcing his retirement, followed by Devil Rays-Red Sox and comment
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Microsoft Nabs Web Rights To 2002 Salt Lake City Games
Published June 28, 2001...ent" for a Web company to produce the sites after Quokka closed in April. Lefton reported that while Quokka "exchanged millions in equity" for the Web rights... ...ry of ad space available on the sites," and noted Quokka was able to sell about $18M in advertising for th...
The SLOC and NBC announced a joint agreement with MSNBC.com and MSN to produce, host and distribute the official Web site for the ''02 Salt Lake City Olympics and NBC''s coverage of the Games. The sit
