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Venu Sports Streaming Venture Fills Out Executive Roster With Appointments Across Departments


Venu Sports, a new streaming joint venture backed by Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney, has announced key executive hires across departments.

“Getting the chance to assemble the starting lineup for the management team responsible for building the Venu organization, creating the culture, setting the pace of innovation, and ultimately, fueling the growth behind our forthcoming service has been an incredible opportunity,” Distad said in a press release. “We searched for people with an entrepreneurial spirit who could bring diverse perspectives to Venu Sports with experience launching beloved consumer products and growing high-performing teams, and brought together a group of all-stars in their respective fields.” As part of his remit, David oversaw negotiations of key strategic content agreements with programming partners, sports leagues and talent.

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