Bleacher Report promoted STEFANIE RAPP to the newly created role of Senior VP/Revenue Strategy, making her the highest-ranking female exec at the Turner Sports-owned unit. Rapp, who joined Bleacher Report last year after stints with Conde Nast, Hearst and Fairchild Media, will facilitate sales, marketing and promotional activities, while also serving as the primary liaison between the company and various teams, leagues, brands and platforms. She will report to B/R CRO & CMO HOWARD MITTMAN. “As we’ve continued to grow, we had a real need to have a strategic oversight role to help guide us,” Mittman said (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).
EXECS: Serie A club AC Milan named EPL club Arsenal CEO IVAN GAZIDIS to a similar role. He will leave Arsenal on Oct. 31. Arsenal Head of Football Relations RAUL SANLLEHI will replace Gazidis as CEO, and Chief Commercial Officer VINAI VENKATESHAM will move to Managing Dir (TELEGRAPH.co.uk, 9/18)....Stats LLC named Vista Consulting Group Managing Dir of Finance & Accounting JILL HANSEN CFO (Stats)....RedBird Capital named LionTree Head of Sports Advisory LYLE AYES Operating Partner. Ayes will be responsible for establishing and leading a Sports & Entertainment advisory practice. Ayes was an SBJ "Forty Under 40" honoree in '15 (THE DAILY)....The Ross Initiative in Sports for Equalitynamed Time Warner Exec Dir of Cultural Investments & Timer Warner Foundation VP DIAHANN BILLINGS-BURFORD CEO. She succeeds JOCELYN BENSON (RISE)....The Spurs named NBA TV analyst BRENT BARRY VP/Basketball Operations, replacing MONTY WILLIAMS, who recently vacated the position (MYSANANTONIO.com, 9/17)....The Senators named CAA Hockey agent PETER MACTAVISH Assistant GM, effective Oct. 1 (OTTAWASUN.com, 9/17)....Digital sports marketing agency ThePostGame promoted co-Founder & COO ERIC HERD to President & CEO. CEO DAVID KATZ will transition to a role as Chair (ThePostGame).
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