Turner Sports promoted VP/Business Operations MARK JOHNSON to Senior VP/Digital. The new position will see Johnson lead the strategic direction, product management and technical operations for the digital portfolio within NBA Digital and its suite of products, which includes NBA.com, the league’s 30 team sites, NBA Game Time App, NBA League Pass and WNBA.com. Johnson, who joined Turner in '08, also will continue to oversee NCAA March Madness Live, NCAA.com, PGA Championship Live and PGA.com. He will continue to report to Turner Sports Exec VP & GM MATT HONG (Austin Karp, Assistant Managing Editor).
EXECS: The Blue Jackets promoted Season-Ticket Service Coordinator JUSTIN DUNN to Inside Sales Manager, Inside Sales Rep MORGAN OBENDORFER to Season-Ticket Service Coordinator and Inside Sales Rep LEAH COVER to Group Event Specialist (THE DAILY)....The 76ers promoted TED GLICK and AUSTIN GOLYA to Account Execs, and ZACH NORRIS and ELYSSA BROCK to Group Event Specialists (THE DAILY)....The Single-A Midwest League Wisconsin Timber Rattlers promoted Assistant Production Manager JERRED DRAKE to Production Manager and named CHRIS PRENTICE Assistant Dir of Food & Beverage (Timber Rattlers).
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