Fox Sports Hires David Katz To Operate Digital Business

Fox Sports has brought in sports media vet David Katz to run its digital business, which includes FoxSports.com. Katz was named Exec VP/Digital and will report to Fox Sports National Networks President Mark Silverman. A formal announcement is expected later today. Katz will also be responsible for overseeing digital content and distribution. Last year, Fox Sports Digital shifted its strategy away from printed articles and toward more video. It is not clear whether that strategy will shift.

For the past decade, Katz has run an independent digital media company called ThePostGame.com, which expanding recently to syndicating news stories and features -- as well as video clips -- to news organizations and sports companies. Earlier this year, it started selling global media rights for Canadian Soccer Business. Prior to ThePostGame, Katz was the head of Yahoo Sports, Entertainment & Studios.