Tennis Channel has turned to a well-known face as its new chief.
Invoice Simon has been named TC Interim President, Tennis Channel introduced at the moment.
Simon joined the community as CFO in 2005 and has served quite a lot of govt Tennis Channel roles lately.
Right here is Tennis Channel’s announcement:
Sinclair, Inc. has named Tennis Channel’s Invoice Simon because the community’s interim president. Simon has been in a prime management function since becoming a member of the channel as CFO in 2005, lately serving as EVP, COO and CFO. He has been immediately concerned in the important thing choices which have guided the community in the course of the previous twenty years and can oversee all facets of its enterprise.
Simon takes over about three weeks after TC’s guardian firm, Sinclair Broadcast Group, axed long-time CEO Ken Solomon.
Sinclair ousted Solomon over his function as an advisory board member for Dr. Phil McGraw’s Advantage Road Media firm, in response to a Wall Road Journal report earlier this month.
The Journal reported Sinclair execs noticed Solomon’s work with Dr. Phil’s new media firm as “a rising distraction.”Â
In the meantime, sources near Solomon declare he served related roles as advisory board members all through his TC tenure and it was not a problem till Sinclair started in search of a trigger to make a transfer.
Tennis Channel grew its viewers throughout Solomon’s tenure, although it has not been worthwhile since its inception below founder Steve Bellamy.
Stories say media big Sinclair has been making an attempt to unload Tennis Channel and ousting Solomon might nicely have been a part of its streamlining course of in preparation for a sale.