The online sports “experience” company Score Media and Gaming Inc. has hired Josh Sidsworth as general counsel and chief compliance officer; he’s already on the job. Based at theScore’s head office in Toronto, he leads all legal, regulatory and compliance matters for the Company, supporting the multi-state rollout of its mobile sportsbook, theScore Bet, a mobile sports […]
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LBI Media hires former Univision lawyer to be general counsel
LBI Media Inc., a Spanish-language media company in the U.S., announced today that it has appointed Arya Towfighi as general counsel for the company. Effective immediately, Towfighi will act as chief legal officer for all business units across the company, and will manage and oversee all legal aspects of the company’s legal and regulatory matters. […]
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Marketer ALC has a new general counsel and privacy officer
Princeton, New Jersey-based ALC, has named Jason Bier to be its general counsel and chief privacy officer. The privately owned marketing agency says that Bier has more than a decade of experience at the intersection of advertising and industry, with a specialty in organizations that grow rapidly via digital marketing services and technology. Bier will be […]
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Endeavor’s deputy GC wears three hats in his dream job(s)
Riche McKnight has, for an in-house lawyer, a dream job. Perhaps we should say “jobs.” He’s the deputy general counsel of the colossal entertainment agency Endeavor. And he’s the general counsel of one of its divisions, the martial arts extravaganza, Ultimate Fighting Championship. As if that weren’t enough, McKnight is the global litigation chief for […]
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The Wikimedia Foundation brings a friend aboard as its top
The Wikimedia Foundation has brought in someone it knows to be its general counsel: Amanda Keton. The nonprofit says that Keton, with whom its worked before, brings more than a decade of legal, nonprofit management, and compliance experience to the role. She started yesterday on the job. Before joining Wikimedia, Keton was general counsel of […]
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Media veteran Dana Rosen joins Time as chief legal officer
Media vetern Dana Rosen joined Time (now owned by Meredith Corp.) this week as its chief legal officer. In an announcement to the staff, Editor in Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal said that in her role, Rosen will oversee “all legal matters across the company as well as our relationships with outside counsel around the world.” […]
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He navigates the lucrative world of streaming for a non-profit
WNET’s general counsel Bob Feinberg says legal work has gotten more complicated as content is streamed onto more platforms Nonprofit organizations have a lot of influence these days. Museums, advocacy groups and universities all have millions and often billions of dollars in endowments, and many universities rival multinational corporations in their size and geographical footprint. […]
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Allison Hoffman of Intersection: It takes a strong GC to
Allison Hoffman has been a general counsel in small departments dealing with CEOs and investor with huge personalities. She’s had to work with Bruce Wasserstein, billionaire financier Media and domestic guru Martha Stewart. And now, once again, Hoffman is working with an outsized personality, Dan Doctoroff, now chairman of Intersection but who until not so […]
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StubHub hires Amazon attorney as its general counsel
StubHub, eBay’s ticket exchange subsidiary, has appointed three new executives: Arnie Katz, vice president and chief product and technology officer; Miguel Giribet Giral as vice president of global eCommerce; and Stephanie Burns, vice president and general counsel. We’ll just talk about Burns. She joins StubHub from Amazon, where she spent nearly 15 years, most recently […]
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Italian publisher Editoriale Domus: Gentile named legal & corporate affairs
Sabrina Gentile (pictured) has been appointed legal & corporate affairs director of Editoriale Domus. In addition to the responsibility of the legal affairs of the group and its companies, she’ll also be part of the company’s senior management, and she’ll report to the human resources director of the group. Editoriale Domus is one of Italy’s […]
