ESPN Sets New Senior Executive Team in Wake of Connor Schell Exit, Jodi Markley Retirement

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only Black mayor during the 1990s, has died at 93. Dinkins' health aide found him unresponsive in his Lenox Hill apartment Monday night, the New York Post reported. The NYPD confrimed the report.

the COVID-19 pandemic, many rich New Yorkers fled the city to retreat to more secluded places.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNetflix is expanding its footprint in New Mexico, announcing Monday that it is expanding ABQ Studios and pledging an additional $1 billion in production spending there.The investment, per a release from the streaming giant, will create about 1,000 production jobs in New Mexico over the next decade as well as 1,467 construction jobs to complete the expansion.Calling Netflix an “incredible partner,”  New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham praised the streamer in a

straight to your inbox every day, freeHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Sunday, November 22nd.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes that referee David Coote made three correct calls on different penalty shouts as United squeezed past West Bromwich Albion on Saturday evening.Coote first awarded West Brom a penalty for a foul by Bruno Fernandes on Conor Gallagher. However, upon considering VAR, he reversed his decision.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEncores!, the acclaimed series of concert-style theatrical productions founded to rediscover overlooked Broadway gems of years past, announced plans to stage Into The Woods, the beloved Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical that is anything but overlooked.Into The Woods, which has been staged, revived and filmed many times over (including the 2014 feature film starring Meryl Streep and James Corden), will be the first of a new Encores! mission to

Lindsay Blake We may be more than a week away from Thanksgiving, but if Instagram is to be believed, audiences are chomping at the bit for holiday programming! Netflix is delivering on that front with “Dash & Lily,” a new original series that dropped last Tuesday.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBleachers frontman and hit producer Jack Antonoff has always worn his New Jersey affiliation and Bruce Springsteen influence proudly, and today he brings it all home: Bleachers have dropped two new tracks, giving fans a sneak peek of new music a forthcoming album due next year — and one of them, “Chinatown,” features none other than Springsteen himself.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in dangerous "grandstanding" this week by saying it was "bad news" that a coronavirus vaccine could be released while President Trump is still in office, Fox News medical contributor Dr.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew Orleans’ legendary music venue Tipitina’s has announced “Save Tip’s,” a free livestreamed event benefiting the venue which, like most concert venues, has been financially devastated by the pandemic shutdown. The three-hour-plus livestream and fundraising event will take place on Saturday, November 14 at 9 p.m.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWe can report that Warner Bros. is releasing Fantastic Beasts 3 on July 15, 2022.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWarner Bros. has added “Fantastic Beasts 3” back to the release calendar.

ESPN is restructuring its senior executive leadership team, following the news last week that it would be reducing its workforce by 500 positions. Among the most notable departures: Connor Schell, ESPN's executive vp of content, who will leave in January.

Peter White Television EditorConnor Schell, ESPN’s content boss, has confirmed that he is leaving the Disney-owned sports network to set up his own independent production company.Schell, one of the architects of the broadcaster’s 30 for 30 documentary strand and exec producer on Michael Jordan series The Last Dance and OJ: Made In America, will leave the business on January 8.Separately, Jodi Markley, Executive Vice President, Content Operations & Creative Services, is retiring and will step

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN is divvying up responsibilities for content in the wake of senior executive Connor Schell’s decision to leave the sports-media giant to start his own production company.Burke Magnus has long been the ESPN executive who makes sure the sports-media giant always has access to games from the big leagues.

Cándido Camero was a percussionist who is considered one of the fathers of Latin jazz, best known for his conga and bongo drumming.A native of Cuba, where he played regularly at the famed Tropicana Club, Camero came to New York in 1947. There, he began introducing his Latin rhythms into contemporary jazz music, becoming the first jazz percussionist to play conga drums as he helped develop the genre of Latin jazz.

Also Read: ESPN Slashes 500 Jobs in Major Cost-Cutting MoveLast week, ESPN said it would be laying off 300 staffers and scrapping 200 open positions in an effort to shift more resources toward ESPN’s direct-to-consumer business strategy, digital content and “continued innovative television experiences.”“Prior to the pandemic, we had been deeply engaged in strategizing how best to position ESPN for future success amidst tremendous disruption in how fans consume sports,” Pitaro said in a Nov.