Industry Moves: Changes At FIM's Scout: SVP Patrick Crumb Leaves For Liberty Media; Husvar New GM

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Rafat Ali

paidContent.org
Thursday, June 19, 2008; 8:07 PM

Patrick Crumb, the SVP at Fox Interactive Media ( NYSE: NWS), and GM of sports site network Scout Media, which FIM bought in 2005, has left the company, and is joining Liberty Sports Group, the newly formed subsidiary of Liberty Media ( NSDQ: LINTA). He is joining as EVP of Business Affairs and General Counsel. Crumb had worked with Scout since 2001 and had served as Scout's President & General Counsel, a member of its board of directors and an investor. In his new role, Crumb will be responsible for leading the group's efforts in growth and expansion across all existing properties while seeking out new business ventures locally and nationally, it said.

Liberty Sports currently consists of three regional sports networks in Denver, Pittsburgh and Seattle....Crumb is based in Seattle.

Update: Effective July 1, Crumb's replacement at FIM is Jeff Husvar, promoted to SVP-Operations of Fox Sports Interactive from VP-business operations, and now adding the title of Scout GM. He has also been GM of WhatifSports.com. He'll oversee all strategy, operations and production for Scout's online and publishing businesses, according to an internal memo from Brian Grey, SVP and GM of Fox Sports Interactive. Husvar remains based in LA but will ratchet up his time in Seattle, where Scott is based.

Husvar, who joined FSI from CBS ( NYSE: CBS) Sportsline, has been involved in the ongoing integration of Scout into FSI.

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