Industry Moves: SVP at FIM-Scout Patrick Crumb Leaves; Joins Liberty Media
This story was written by Rafat Ali.
Patrick Crumb, the SVP at Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS), and the effective head of sports site network Scout Media, which FIM bought a few years ago, 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.
By Rafat Ali