Omnicom Media Group is aligning its sports and entertainment companies in North America under the Fuse Sports & Entertainment Group. Former PHD North America CEO STEVE GRUBBS was named CEO of Fuse Sports & Entertainment Group North America, while Full Circle Entertainment CEO ROBERT RIESENBERG will add the title of President of Fuse Sports & Entertainment Group (Omnicom).
MEDIA: Conde Nast named CHRISTOPHER MCLOUGHLIN Publisher of Golf for Women, replacing VP & Publisher LEE SLATTERY, who will leave the company. McLoughlin had been Associate Publisher at Conde Nast Traveler since October, and prior to that was Associate Publisher at Golf Digest (MEDIAWEEK.com, 3/28)....The Big Ten Network named Ohio State Univ. Special Assistant to the President for Executive Communications ELIZABETH CONLISK VP/Communications (Big Ten Network).
EXECS: Major League Gaming (MLG) named Time4 Media Senior VP/Digital TODD UNGER Exec VP & GM of Digital, Discovery Kids VP/Partnership Sales PETER COSCO Exec VP/Global Sales & Partnerships and JOHN LANE Senior VP/Global Sales & Partnerships. Lane spent the last nine years with MLS and Soccer United Marketing (MLG)....Venable LLP named former DC Sports & Entertainment Commission General Counsel CLAUDE BAILEY Partner in the firm’s State & Local Government Group (Venable)....The Environmental Institute for Golf elected PGA Tour Golf Course Properties President DAVID PILLSBURY Chair and Nike Golf President BOB WOOD Vice Chair & Treasurer. Kohler Co. Chair, CEO & President HERB KOHLER JR., Baltusrol Golf Club Dir of Grounds MARK KUHNS and Palmer Design Company VP, Senior Golf Course Architect & Dir of Environmental Design VICTORIA MARTZ were named to three-year terms on the Board of Trustees (Environmental Institute for Golf).
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