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Turner Sports' Lenny Daniels Adds To Growing Leadership Team

Turner Sports President LENNY DANIELS promoted three executives and added two to his senior leadership team in his first big personnel moves in the two months since JEFF ZUCKER took over as WarnerMedia Chair of News & Sports. TINA SHAH was promoted to Exec VP/GM overseeing league relationships with the NBA, NCAA, MLB and UEFA; Shah will continue to report to Daniels. TARA AUGUST was promoted to Senior VP/Talent Services & Special Projects overseeing talent services across both Turner Sports and Bleacher Report. CHRIS BROWN was promoted to VP/Sports Production Technology & Operations, overseeing remote and studio operations. Exec VP/Chief Content Officer CRAIG BARRY, Exec VP and CRO JON DIAMENT and Bleacher Report CEO HOWARD MITTMAN will round out Daniels’ leadership group. “It is critical for us to have a senior leadership team in place that is well positioned to advance business partnerships, align strategy across our entire division, and leverage opportunities throughout the broader AT&T and WarnerMedia family of brands,” Daniels wrote in a memo sent to employees this morning.

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