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09-07-2016, 05:20 PM
Former Fox Sports exec joining Activision to lead Major League Gaming
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Former Fox Sports executive Pete Vlastelica is joining Activision's Major League Gaming division, beefing up the publisher's tranditional sports k**wledge as it forges ahead into esports.
SEE ALSO: Esports creeping beyond livestreams and onto TV networks (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/esports-espn-tv-coverage/)
Vlastelica, who was a vice president of digital at Fox Sports, is **w the president and CEO of Activision Blizzard's Major League Gaming division. He joins former ESPN and NFL Network CEO Steve Bornstein, who joined (http://mashable.com/2015/10/22/activision-esports-espn-mlg/) in October 2015 along with MLG co-founder Mike Sepso. MLG was then acquired by Activision Blizzard (http://mashable.com/2016/01/04/major-league-gaming-snapped-up-by-activision-starts-a-big-2016-for-esports/) two months later.
At MLG, Vlastelica will be working on expanding and enhancing the company's leadership in broadcast, content and distribution, the company said in a press release.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/activision-blizzard-mlg-vlastelica/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Pete Vlastelica (http://mashable.com/category/pete-vlastelica/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Blizzard (http://mashable.com/category/blizzard/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Activision (http://mashable.com/category/activision/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mlg (http://mashable.com/category/mlg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Esports (http://mashable.com/esports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-xdnK_-h_gY
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Former Fox Sports executive Pete Vlastelica is joining Activision's Major League Gaming division, beefing up the publisher's tranditional sports k**wledge as it forges ahead into esports.
SEE ALSO: Esports creeping beyond livestreams and onto TV networks (http://mashable.com/2016/07/19/esports-espn-tv-coverage/)
Vlastelica, who was a vice president of digital at Fox Sports, is **w the president and CEO of Activision Blizzard's Major League Gaming division. He joins former ESPN and NFL Network CEO Steve Bornstein, who joined (http://mashable.com/2015/10/22/activision-esports-espn-mlg/) in October 2015 along with MLG co-founder Mike Sepso. MLG was then acquired by Activision Blizzard (http://mashable.com/2016/01/04/major-league-gaming-snapped-up-by-activision-starts-a-big-2016-for-esports/) two months later.
At MLG, Vlastelica will be working on expanding and enhancing the company's leadership in broadcast, content and distribution, the company said in a press release.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/activision-blizzard-mlg-vlastelica/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Pete Vlastelica (http://mashable.com/category/pete-vlastelica/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Blizzard (http://mashable.com/category/blizzard/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Activision (http://mashable.com/category/activision/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mlg (http://mashable.com/category/mlg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Esports (http://mashable.com/esports/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/-xdnK_-h_gY