Discovery extended the contract of President & CEO DAVID ZASLAV through the end of '23. This year, Discovery partnered with the PGA Tour to create an international golf service, including global television and multi-platform live rights, outside the U.S., to all PGA Tour media properties (Discovery). Zaslav's base salary will remain at $3M a year for the "duration of the agreement," while his target annual bonus for '18 will remain at $9M. That target bonus increases to $22M for "subsequent years" (CABLEFAX.com, 7/19).
EXECS: MSG named Kroenke Sports & Entertainment VP/Business Intelligence JEREMY SHORT Senior VP/Sales Operations, Strategy & Analytics (THE DAILY)....CWHL Commissioner BRENDA ANDRESS is "departing the organization" after 11 years (THEHOCKEYNEWS.com, 7/18)....USA Water Ski & Wake Sports named American College of Sports Medicine Dir of Corporate Partnerships NATE BOUDREAUX Exec Dir. Boudreaux replaces BOB CROWLEY, who announced his retirement earlier this year (USA Water Ski & Wake Sports)....The PGA Tour named Atlanta Motor Speedway Business Development Manager KIMBERLY SNIDER Sales Manager. Meanwhile, Richmond Raceway VP/Marketing MIKE WADDELL has left the organization after two years (Adam Stern, Staff Writer)....Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment named the following to its Collegiate Services Division: TOMMY HOGAN Regional GM (West Coast Region); TREY GILREATH GM (ETSU); SEAN PETRIZZI GM (Longwood Univ.); and MARK BLAND Dir of Sales (Southern California Region) (THE DAILY)....The NHL Kings named JAYLA HOOD CRM Coordinator (THE DAILY).
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