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MSG Sports named Real Madrid Global Head of Partnerships DAVE HOPKINSON Exec VP and President of Team Business Operations. Hopkinson will report to MSG President & CEO ANDREW LUSTGARTEN. Before Real Madrid, Hopkinson spent more than 20 years with MLSE (MSG).

EXECS: Fox Bet named JEFF KAISER VP/Integrated Marketing & Activation. Based out of L.A., Kaiser will work closely with Fox Sports on the Fox Bet partnership and activating the brand across content platforms. Previously, Kaiser launched and oversaw programming, digital and acquisitions for the Lakers and Dodgers RSNs operated by Spectrum (Austin Karp, THE DAILY)....SMI promoted Charlotte Motor Speedway Senior Dir of Advertising DAVID MACDONALD to VP/Marketing and Charlotte Motor Speedway VP/Communications SCOTT COOPER to Senior VP/PR (SMI)....IndyCar named longtime Indianapolis-based WRTV-ABC Sports Dir DAVE FURST VP/Communications (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 8/29)....Golf Channel Senior Manager of PR JEREMY FRIEDMAN has left his position after more than 14 years at the network (THE DAILY)....Entercom Senior VP and Head of Corporate Communications ESTHER-MIREYA TEJEDA will be leaving her position in the coming weeks. She will be joining music technology solutions outfit SoundExchange as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (Karp).

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