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  • NBCU Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol Resigns

    05/19/2011 11:29:30 AM PDT · by archivist007 · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | MAY 19, 2011, 1:24 P.M. ET | By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO And SAM SCHECHNER
    NBC Sports Group Chairman Dick Ebersol resigned Thursday, ending a multidecade run at NBC Sports amid cultural clashes with the company's new management. View Full Image Associated Press Dick Ebersol Mr. Ebersol and NBCUniversal's new chief executive, Steve Burke, have disagreed over several management matters, including Mr. Ebersol's contract, a person familiar with the matter said.
  • NBC Plans to Run Controversial NHL Ad (Martha Burk alert)

    09/27/2005 11:24:04 PM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 10 replies · 501+ views
    AP via Yahoo! Sports ^ | Tuesday September 27, 2005 | AP
    NEW YORK - Despite objections from Martha Burk, NBC said it was going ahead with plans to air an NHL commercial showing a bare-chested player being dressed by a scantily clad woman. Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, said the ad was offensive. Burk led an unsuccessful effort to allow female members at Augusta National three years ago and is stepping down as chair of NCWO on Nov. 1. NBC said it had no problem with the spot, which first appeared last week on the NHL's Web site, and planned to air it on its NHL preview...