Adweek's Power List of the Top 100 Leaders in Media, Marketing and Tech includes Comcast Chair & CEO BRIAN ROBERTS (4), Disney Chair & CEO BOB IGER (6), 21st Century Fox and News Corp. Exec Chair RUPERT MURDOCH (10), CBS Chair, President & CEO LES MOONVES (11), NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL (17), Nike President Chair & CEO MARK PARKER (22), NBA Commissioner ADAM SILVER (33), NBCU President & CEO STEVE BURKE (35), Under Armour Founder, Chair & CEO KEVIN PLANK (53), Adidas CEO KASPER RORSTED (54), Liberty Media Chair JOHN MALONE (67), Discovery Communications President & CEO DAVID ZASLAV (80) and Vox Media Chair & CEO JIM BANKOFF (91) (ADWEEK, 4/24 issue).
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| A new film based on McMahon's life will follow his rise in the wrestling business |
INSIDE THE RING: The story of WWE Chair & CEO VINCE MCMAHON is "getting the Hollywood treatment" with "PANDEMONIUM," a drama that will be directed by JOHN REQUA and GLENN FICARRA from a script by CRAIG WILLIAMS. The film is "landing at Sony Pictures' TriStar." The film "covers McMahon’s ascension in the wrestling business, and having WWE Studios involved indicates the project has the blessing of the grappling magnate" (DEADLINE.com, 4/25).
NAMES: A lawsuit filed against the NCAA and Pac-12 by former USC football player LAMAR DAWSON was "dismissed by a federal judge in California" yesterday. The class-action suit "sought minimum wage and overtime payments among other compensation under the premise that the NCAA and Pac-12 violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code" (ESPN.com, 4/25)....The Kelly Cares Foundation, established by Notre Dame football coach BRIAN KELLY and wife PAQUI, honored Pro Football HOFer JIM KELLY with the Leadership in Health Award "among others at its Seventh annual Irish Eyes Gala on Monday at The Pierre Hotel" in N.Y. (BUFFALONEWS.com, 4/25)....DC Mayor MURIEL BOWSER last night recognized native boxer LAMONT PETERSON as a “hero of the city with a day named in his honor, citing his ascension from disadvantaged youth to among the most accomplished fighters to come out of the city" (WASHINGTON POST, 4/26)....Basketball HOFer BILL WALTON will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Green Sports Alliance Summit in Sacramento, which takes place June 27-29 (Green Bear Group)....Richard Petty Motorsports and primary sponsor Smithfield Foods on Monday donated about 250,000 pounds of protein to six North Carolina-area food banks during a ceremony at the NASCAR HOF in Charlotte (Adam Stern, Staff Writer)....Baseball HOFer CAL RIPKEN JR. is profiled in the WALL STREET JOURNAL's "House Call" feature (WSJ.com, 4/25).
