The Stars promoted Exec VP & CRO BRAD ALBERTS to President. JIM LITES, previously President & CEO, will now just have the CEO title. Alberts will oversee all aspects of the Stars' business operations. Stars Exec VP & COO JASON FARRIS will remain in his role, reporting to Lites. The club also promoted ALANA MATTHEWS to Exec VP/Business Operations & General Counsel, while MATT BOWMAN was promoted to Exec VP and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. Matthews and Bowman will report to Alberts (Stars).
EXECS: The Players' Tribune Editorial Dir GARY HOENIG has "been pushed aside and replaced" by former Details Editor DAN PERES. A TPT spokesperson said Hoenig "still works for the company as a content advisor." Still "unanswered is whether the hiring of Peres, with a long history of leading a fashion title, signals a dramatic new direction for TPT" (N.Y. POST, 3/3)....The Dodgers named Equity Sports Partners Senior VP/Global Marketing & Media Partnerships JIM TUCKER as VP/Corporate Partnerships (THE DAILY)....The Drone Racing League named former LeadDog Marketing Group Dir of Strategic Communications MELANIE WALLNER Dir of Communications (THE DAILY).
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