Mediaweek
News Corp. won’t replace retiring Fox Broadcasting ad sales president Jon Nesvig, but instead will tap current number twos–Jean Rossi (entertainment sales) and Neil Mulcahy (sports sales)–to oversee their respective units without an overall direct sales boss, sources familiar with the situation told Mediaweek.
The duo would instead report to Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO, Fox Networks Group.
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While several Fox insiders said that former head of MTV Network ad sales, Hank Close, who spent 12 years in Fox ad sales before departing in 1999, is among those being considered for Nesvig’s post More…