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David Levy

President, Turner

Change from 2017: +12

“The Match” with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson perfectly captured how Levy’s influence has grown with the AT&T-Time Warner merger. HBO Sports produced a promotional series, Bleacher Report carried shoulder programming, and BR/Live and DirecTV provided the pay-per-view. Throw in AT&T wireless and retail stores — not to mention TBS, TNT and truTV — and Levy can enter any rights deal with an unprecedented array of assets.