President & CEO, YES Network
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Tracy Dolgin was named president and CEO of the YES Network in September 2004. He is responsible for all aspects of operations for the most-watched regional sports and entertainment television network in the country -- featuring the 26-time World Champion New York Yankees and the 2002 and 2003 Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets. Prior to joining YES Network, Dolgin served as managing director and co-head of Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin’s (HLHZ) Media, Sports and Entertainment practice. At HLHZ, Dolgin advised clients on issues including valuation, financing, sales and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. He joined HLHZ in June 2003, following his co-founding of Media Connect Partners, a boutique investment bank acquired by HLHZ. In May 2000, Dolgin was named president of FOX Sports Net, a partnership between News Corporation’s FOX Sports and Cablevision’s Rainbow Media. FOX Sport Net was the country’s first national, regional and local supplier of sports programming, reaching more than 82 million homes through its network of 21 regional sports channels. As President, Dolgin oversaw all operating areas of FOX Sports Net, including marketing, advertising, on-air promotion, programming, production, operations and advertising sales, and also managed FOX owned-and-operated RSNs and FOXSports.com. Under Dolgin’s guidance, FOX Sports Net expanded its distribution to more than 82 million U.S. television homes, increased network advertising sales, and improved its local and national programming to include top-quality production of regional sports news shows, as well as FOX Sports Net’s irreverent sports and entertainment show, BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD. In addition to Dolgin’s FOX Sports Net responsibilities, he oversaw several strategic relationships with sister division FOX Sports, including the creation and development of FOX Sports Radio, FOX Sports Bar & Grilles and FOX Sports Interactive. Dolgin came to FOX Sports Net from parent company FOX/Liberty Cable -- the joint venture between News Corporation and Liberty Media -- where he served as chief operating officer since 1997. At FOX/Liberty Cable, Dolgin was responsible for the operations of the company’s various assets including FOX Sports Net, the FX cable channel, and investments in various other cable channels. Prior to joining FOX/Liberty, Dolgin led FOX Sports’ ground-breaking marketing efforts as executive vice president of marketing. He joined FOX Sports at the News Corporation division’s December 1993 inception. He developed the Emmy Award-winning “NFL on FOX...Same Game, New Attitude” marketing campaign; the “NHL on FOX...Right On The Edge” effort; and orchestrated the most comprehensive marketing campaign in the history of Major League Baseball. Each initiative was the most aggressive effort ever put forth by a network to promote a league broadcast partner, and combined to feature over 100 contemporary NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball stars. Dolgin came to FOX Sports from his position as executive vice president of marketing, FOX Broadcasting Company, which he held since December 1992. In that position, he managed all FOX marketing activities, including promotion, advertising and publicity. Before joining FOX, Dolgin was senior vice president of marketing at HBO Video in New York. Dolgin joined HBO Video as Marketing Manager in 1986, when it was known as Thorn EMI-HBO Video, and remained with the firm, as it became HBO-Cannon Video and then HBO Video in 1988. Prior to entering the sports and entertainment media industry, Dolgin worked at General Foods in product management. Dolgin received a bachelor’s degree in industrial-labor relations from Cornell University, and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University.