NBC Sports promoted JON MILLER to President of Acquisitions & Partnerships. Miller will report to NBC Sports President of Programming RICK CORDELLA and will manage the network's relationships with rightsholders including the Big Ten and Premier League. Miller started his NBC career in local and spot sales before heading off to network sales at a time when there were only three broadcast network competitors (John Ourand, SBJ Media).
Desert Champions announced this morning that it has hired ADAM BARRETT as its new CFO. Additionally, STEVE CHRISTIAN has been elevated to COO, PHILLIPPE DORE has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer and BRITTANY TRABERT has been promoted to Marketing Dir (Bret McCormick, SBJ).
The contract of Alouettes President MARIO CECCHINI "won't be renewed when it expires on Dec. 31." Cecchini was hired in January 2020 (MONTREAL GAZETTE, 12/20).
The Phillies extended the contracts of GM SAM FULD and Assistant GMs NED RICE and JORGE VELANDIA through the '25 season. Fuld, 41, has been at the helm for the last two seasons, and Rice, 39, and Velandia, 47, "will continue in roles they have played since 2016 and 2020, respectively" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 12/20).
The NBA has hired
ALYSSA MAY as its Associate VP/Media Partnerships Commercial Lead and has hired
ASHLEY ATWELL as its Associate VP/NBA Social.
DENISE PYFROM has also been hired as Dir of Global Partnerships,
DAVID MANDELBAUM has been hired as its Senior Dir of Business Development and Commercial Lead and
JUSTIN D'APOLITO has been hired as Dir of Social Content (
SBJ).
The Sacramento Kings have hired BLAKE NAHLEN as their Partnerships Sales Dir (SBJ).
The Jaguars have hired EVANS ADONIS as their Senior Dir of Corporate Partnerships (SBJ).
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