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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          Sports Business Writer JEFF JENSEN has left Advertising
     Age to become a Movie Writer for Entertainment Weekly.  Ad
     Age is actively seeking a replacement to cover the sports
     business beat (THE DAILY)....PETER FEIGIN, formerly Six
     Flags Theme Park's Marketing Manager, was named Dir of
     Marketing Partnerships for the Knicks (Knicks)....According
     to Blazers Dir of Sports Communications JOHN CHRISTENSEN,
     team VP/Marketing SHARON HIGDON "will leave the
     organization, probably around the first of the year." 
     Higdon's husband DAVID, is also "leaving his post" as Editor
     of Rip City, the team's fan magazine (OREGONIAN, 10/22).
     ....WFAN-AM N.Y. named LEE DAVIS as its new VP/GM, replacing
     JOEL HOLLANDER, who became CEO of Westwood One.  Davis was
     Ad Sales Manager at WFAN (Phil Mushnick, N.Y. POST, 10/23). 

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