Broadband Sports Names VP of E-commerce; Former Chief Merchandising Officer At Federated Direct.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19 Broadband Sports Inc. announced today that Steve Larkin For the baseball pitcher, see . Steve Larkin (b. July 24, 1973), born Stephen Karan Larkin, was a Major League Baseball player and the younger brother of Barry Larkin. , the former chief merchandising officer for e-commerce at Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Direct, has been named vice president of e-commerce for the online provider of original content and commerce to sports communities. Larkin will handle the continued development and execution of Broadband's e-commerce strategies and will report to CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Richard Nanula Richard Nanula has served as Chief Financial Officer of Amgen Inc. (biotechnology) since August 2001 and as Executive Vice President since May 2001. On April 10, 2007 Amgen announced that he would be resigning from his position "to pursue other opportunities" He will be at Amgen . "Steve has 20 years of experience in merchandising and a strong background in e-commerce. He is a valuable addition to Broadband Sports," said Richard Nanula, CEO of Broadband Sports. "We look forward to his contribution to our sports communities." Since 1998, Larkin has been the chief merchandising officer for e-commerce at Federated Direct, a division of Federated department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and parent corporation of Bloomingdales, Macys, and the Fingerhut Corporation among others. While there, he directed the content management and business development for six wholly owned web sites and provided merchandising support for eight subsidiary sites. Larkin was a key member responsible for growing the business from $35 million to in excess of $150 million during 1999. Prior to that position, he served as a vice president of merchandising for the Fingerhut Corp Catalogue Division, as well as divisional vice president of merchandising and as a buyer for several divisions of Federated department stores. "It will be an exciting challenge to assemble a portfolio of goods that individual sports communities want," Larkin said. "I am looking forward to this wonderful opportunity to satisfy the needs of sports fans across the world." Broadband Sports is a leading Internet provider of original content and commerce for hundreds of individual sports communities. Broadband Sports offers sports consumers proprietary content and commerce relating to college and professional teams, as well as individual athletes in a broad range of sports. The company has four online media properties: Athlete Direct, a leading provider of athlete Web sites; Pro Sports Xchange and its Collegiate division, College Sports Xchange, a leading source of in-depth team and player information online; RotoNews, a leading provider of information and services for the online fantasy sports market; and SportsAuthentics.com, an Internet retailer of sports collectibles and merchandise. Broadband Sports' content is available at the company's Web site, www.broadbandsports.com, and through leading Internet providers, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Yahoo!, eBay and Fox Sports. Larkin joins a number of senior executives recruited by Broadband Sports in recent months. In October 1999, Nanula, former CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Walt Disney Co. and president of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, was appointed CEO. In November, John Collins, former senior vice president of television programming and sponsorship sales at the National Football League, was named vice president, new media; and earlier this month, Roger Wood, the former vice president and head of global e-commerce at Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. International LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability , was named vice president of product development. Larkin received a B.S./B.A. from The School of Management at Boston University. Broadband Sports, Inc. has its headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Novato, California, and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The company has 125 employees. |
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