Industry Moves
Morel steps down as LFP Media boss
Ben Morel, the former Six Nations Rugby and NBA executive, is to step down next year as chief executive of LFP Media, the commercial rights entity of France’s Professional Football League.
McCann follows Harold as LET commercial director
The Ladies European Tour (LET) has a new commercial director after former NBC Sports executive Theresa McCann was hired to replace Fiona Harold, who has joined World Netball.
Lodewick makes swift exit as Viaplay’s Dutch CEO
Roger Lodewick is leaving his role heading up Viaplay’s Dutch operation after less than 12 months and has been replaced by William Linders of OD Media, the digital content distribution firm.
Liberty splits motorsport, ticketing units; CEO Maffei exits
Liberty Media has unveiled plans to spin off various assets, excluding Formula 1, into a separate publicly traded company, called Liberty Live, and revealed the impending exit of group CEO Greg Maffei
Former ESPN exec Fagan heads EBU’s OTT platform
Alan Fagan, previously a leading European rights executive at ESPN, has been hired by the EBU as managing director of its new sports streaming platform, replacing Jean-Baptiste Casta.
Amazon adds Edelston to European rights team
Former Premier League media rights executive Michael Edelston has quit his role at Formula E to join the sports department at Amazon Prime Video
Chuah hire signals Iris move into Asia
Iris Sport Media has announced its expansion into Asia with the senior appointment of Spring Media’s Tricia Chuah, while the agency has detailed a raft of other hires.
New Kings League CEO to drive global growth strategy
Kings League, the Spanish seven-a-side football competition organised by the Kosmos agency, has outlined ambitious plans to launch multiple regional leagues worldwide, with growth to be overseen by newly …
EXCLUSIVE: New office to lead Premier League China push
The Premier League is to open an international office in Beijing and has recruited former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Jay Li to head up operations, SportBusiness understands
ISU hires NBA’s Li to lead commercial strategy
The International Skating Union has appointed Li Jiao as its chief of commercial and marketing officer.
Expanding Dude Perfect hires CEO from NBA
Dude Perfect has outlined plans to scale its operations to become a major media outlet, hiring a leading NBA digital executive to become its first CEO.
Duro to head up Telemundo’s sports arm
Telemundo, the Spanish-language network of USA's NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, has announced a leadership change at the helm of its sports division
Edwards joins Spring Media’s betting vertical
Tom Edwards, a former leading sales executive at Sportradar, has been recruited by Spring Media to strengthen the agency’s betting rights distribution vertical.
StreamAMG CEO Sharman bows out
Live OTT services provider StreamAMG is looking for a new chief executive after incumbent Hugo Sharman stepped down from the role
MotoGP global marketing role for Red Bull’s Brittain
MotoGP's hire of its first-ever managing director of global marketing has been more than a year in the making and is being seen as a major landmark in the motorcycling series' aggressive growth plans,…
Long-serving Tennis Channel CEO Solomon ‘sacked’
Tennis Channel's long-serving chief executive and chairman Ken Solomon has reportedly been ousted by parent company Sinclair for time spent on non-work activities
Matthews leaves SportsMax CEO role
Nicolas Matthews has left his role as chief executive of SportsMax, the Caribbean pay-television broadcaster, SportBusiness understands.
Learing calls time on WTA Media career
Tennis media rights executive John Learing is leaving DAZN after close to a decade heading up the WTA Media joint venture.