Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan (pictured) are on the witnesses list of voting-machine maker Dominion for their landmark defamation trial next month. Lawyers have listed more than 50 witnesses that they intend to question during the six-week trial in Delaware, including the Murdochs, Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott and Fox primetime stars Tucker […]
Fully electric off-road race series, Extreme E, has appointed Nic Makepeace as its new Senior Digital Manager. Makepeace joins the company with extensive experience in digital sports management, recently working for Seven League, where he managed the social output for the NBA in Europe and the Middle East. Makepeace has also worked with the NFL, playing […]
Peter Nørrelund, Viaplay Group EVP and Chief Sports Officer, has decided to resign from his position after more than 20 years with the company. Nørrelund joined Modern Times Group (MTG) in Denmark in 2003 and was promoted to Group Head of Sports in 2013. Following the split of MTG and Nordic Entertainment Group (now Viaplay […]
Edgio, the platform of choice for speed, security and simplicity at the edge, has appointed Eric Black as CTO/General Manager, Media. Having been at the forefront of digital video and live event streaming with NBCUniversal for more than twenty years, Black joins Edgio to lead the company’s growth in delivering linear, live and on-demand video […]
Portuguese Mário Vaz is to be the new CEO of Vodafone Spain replacing Colman Deegan who resigned last January three years after his appointment. This is the second time Vodafone has called upon a Portuguese executive to take the post after the 2012-2020 mandate of Antonio Coimbra. Vaz has a good knowledge of both the […]
Rupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged to be married for the fifth time eight months after he divorced former model Jerry Hall. Murdoch, executive chair of News Corp, told the NY Post (owned by News) that his planned marriage to Ann Lesley Smith, the 66-year-old widow of a media executive, would “be my last”, adding: “It […]
Statements have been issued by Tim Davie, Director-General of the BBC and Gary Lineker confirm that Lineker will return to sports presentation this coming weekend following the BBC announcing that he would “step back” from presenting Match of the Day until there was an “agreed and clear position on his use of social media”. There […]
Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a global, multi-platform media company, announced today that respected global combat sports executive Richard Schaefer has been named President of its sports properties, which are to be re-organized as a separate operating group under the name Anthem Sports Group Inc. (ASG). These properties include ASG’s iconic IMPACT Wrestling promotion, trailblazing all-female […]
Digital media measurement, data and analytics software platform, DoubleVerify (DV) has appointed Laetitia Zinetti as Regional Vice President for Southern Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) to lead the company’s growth within the region. With almost twenty years of experience in marketing and an appetite for the media ecosystem, Zinetti has a dual perspective: […]
Satellite connectivity specialist Avanti Communications has strengthened its senior leadership team adding two new members to the Executive Committee. Donald Walker, Senior VP of Government and Defence and Marios Fotiou, Senior VP of Solutions Engineering and Delivery join Avanti’s executive team with immediate effect. Following 16 years of combined service, these appointments recognise the contribution […]