Fox Sales Chief Nesvig to Retire

Jon Nesvig, the dean of network sales chiefs, has announced his retirement, effective at year’s end, Fox Networks has confirmed.

Rumors of Nesvig’s retirement have been circulating for some time; he is 66 and has been in the business for 40 years.

“For the last five years I’ve used every trick I could think of to get Jon to stay,” said Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO, Fox Networks Group. “But when we discussed it recently and he said it was time, I had no arguments left.

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