Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Magnolia Network’s top PR exec John Marsicano has been tapped as Endeavor’s new vice president of internal communications, Variety has learned exclusively. Beginning in the New York-based position Monday, Marsicano will be leading internal communications efforts across Endeavor’s network of more than 7,000 employees and supporting engagement with the company’s subsidiaries. He will report directly to Kim Ulrich, senior vice president of corporate communications at the Ari Emanuel-run company. Marsicano has worked with the Gaineses since 2017, when he began at the “Fixer Upper” couple’s national home and lifestyle brand by overseeing all communications efforts, both internal and external, for the company and its portfolio of businesses. He exited that role to join Magnolia Network, the Gaineses’ joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery (previously Discovery, Inc., ahead of the April merger with WarnerMedia), in the comms chief role under network president Allison Page.
TV Network NBC Sports Washington Is Acquired By Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Owner Of Wizards And Capitals
23.08.2022 - 19:29 / deadline.com
Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards and the NHL’s Washington Capitals, has acquired full control of regional TV network NBC Sports Washington.
Founded by former AOL exec Ted Leonsis, Monumental has owned 33% of NBC Sports Washington since 2016. It bought the rest from NBCUniversal parent Comcast, which also owns six other RSNs in various U.S. markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.
As part of the transaction, NBCU will continue to help run the network, providing corporate and shared services such as distribution, technical resources and production facilities for up to 18 months. The Washington network, which has exclusive rights to Wizards and Capitals games, is part of the NBC Sports Regional Networks division of NBCUniversal Local.
As streaming has gained traction and the pay-TV bundle has shrunk at an accelerating pace, the traditional RSN model has come under significant pressure. Born during the go-go cable TV era of the 1990s and 2000s, the networks exploded in popularity and threw off massive amounts of revenue both from carriage fees and advertising. Major League Baseball broadcasts can still pull large ratings in many markets, but the margins are not what they used to be. NBCU, like other RSN operators like Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Diamond Sports, has said it will explore direct-to-consumer streaming options for the networks’ programming. Diamond’s Bally Sports+ is launching nationwide next month as a stand-alone offering.
Teams often have sizable stakes in RSNs. The New York Yankees’ YES Network set that framework, and the New England Sports Network, SportsNet LA and Chicago’s Marquee Network are other prominent examples.
NBC Sports Washington is available throughout the
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John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson & More Promote Their Broadway Play 'The Piano Lesson'
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Appeals Court Upholds Washington’s Conversion Therapy Ban
Reuters.Under the law, which applies equally to all licensed therapists, practitioners who subject minors to the therapy, which purports to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, can be fined, disciplined, or risk having their license to practice suspended or revoked. But Brian Tingley, a therapist who lives in Tacoma and practices in Fircrest, Washington, said the ban amounted to censorship, seeking to silence him from engaging in “talk therapy” to help clients with “unwanted same-sex attraction” overcome their attractions and help them to live lives consistent with their moral values and religious beliefs.
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Alcon Entertainment Boards Docuseries On Late Georgetown Coach John Thompson From RTG Features, May 3rd Films
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Family of 'Smash' actress dies in Washington plane crash
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‘Amsterdam’ Trailer: David O. Russell’s Latest With Christian Bale, Margot Robbie & John David Washington Arrives In October
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Watch CNN’s John Harwood Call Trump a ‘Dangerous Demagogue’ on Air – Shortly Before Exiting Network (Video)
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CNN White House Correspondent John Harwood to Leave Network: ‘Today’s My Last Day’
today's my last day at CNNproud of the workthanks to my colleaguesi've been lucky to serve the best in American media – St. Petersburg Times, WSJ, NYT, the NBC family, CNNlook forward to figuring out what's nextCNN did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. In his tweet, Harwood simply wrote that he’s looking “forward to figuring out what’s next” when it came to his professional future.
Lorde says she’s “happy to be a D.C. meme” after swimming in Washington’s Potomac River
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The Washington Post Poised to Lose Money This Year, Considers Cutting 100 Jobs (Report)
reported Tuesday.Publisher Fred Ryan has had discussions with leadership at the paper about reducing head count from the current newsroom staff of roughly 1,000 employees, individuals with knowledge of the talks told The Times, through “hiring freezes for open jobs or other ways.” The budget-tightening is a reflection of a dramatic downturn in the paper’s finances — following a period of reinvestment and grown since Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the paper in 2013 — that has been shared by many news outlets, especially since Donald Trump left the White House. According to the Times, The Post’s digital ad revenue dropped to around $70 million during the first half of 2022, close to 15% lower than the paper earned in the first half of 2021.
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