MEDIA: HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’s Mimi Turner cites sources as saying that BBC Head of Sport PETER SALMON is quitting “after eight years to take a senior role as sports and drama producer at the Television Corp.” (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 4/21)....Talent and event representation firm Headline Media Management (HMM) named JAY ROSENSTEIN VP/Programming. Rosenstein has more than 25 years experience in sports TV, including 15 at CBS, where he served more than six years as VP at CBS Sports (HMM)....NBC News named NBC Olympics Coordinating Producer JIM BELL Exec Producer of NBC’s “Today” show (NBC).
APPAREL: New Balance named NANCY COONS GM of Apparel. Previously, Coons spent five years managing Oakley’s apparel business and prior to that was Nike Apparel Divisional Merchandise Manager (New Balance)....Columbia Sportswear nominated Intel Exec VP & Chief Financial/Enterprise Services Officer ANDY BRYANT for election to its BOD. The number of Dirs to be elected to the company’s BOD has been increased from eight to nine (Columbia).
EXECS: Lowe’s Motor Speedway Exec VP DOUG STAFFORD is leaving the company, effective June 10, “to oversee the day-to-day operations of his real estate development company” (NATIONAL SPEED SPORT NEWS, 4/20 issue)....The Billiard Congress of America elected Olhausen Billiard Manufacturing President GREGG HOVEY to a one-year term as President of the BOD (Billiard Congress of America)....Career Sports & Entertainment (CS&E) promoted BATES GRAINGER to Account Dir for PR and named SARAH DIDIER Account Exec for PR for Cingular’s sports sponsorship properties. Most recently, Didier was Elevation Motorsports PR Coordinator on the M&Ms and UPS NASCAR accounts. Grainger is a former Staff Writer at THE DAILY (CS&E)....The AHL Utah Grizzlies announced Exec VP JERRY MCBURNEY is leaving his position of to pursue other interests” (Grizzlies)....Minor League Baseball magazine At The Yard named Cincinnati-based Hacks Sports President SCOTT HACKER Dir of Development & Advertising (At The Yard).
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