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Article: Media Brand Veteran Named as CEO of the Sporting News; National Geographic's Broadcasting Executive Rick Allen to Succeed Jim Nuckols.
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- December 18, 2002
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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2002
Vulcan Inc. today announced the appointment of C. Richard Allen as President and CEO of Vulcan Sports Media Inc., d/b/a the Sporting News (TSN), effective Jan. 1, 2003.
Allen joins TSN from National Geographic Ventures, the taxable arm of the National Geographic Society, where as president and CEO he was responsible for a wide range of media and consumer products businesses. He succeeds James Nuckols, who successfully guided TSN through its acquisition by Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Inc. from Times-Mirror two years ago. Nuckols will remain as a consultant with the company.
"TSN has ...