John Skipper

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John Skipper
Born	John Skipper
Alma mater	UNC-Chapel Hill
Employer	ESPN

John Skipper is the president of ESPN Inc. and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks as of January 1, 2012.

In June 1997, Skipper became senior vice president and general manager of ESPN the Magazine. Since October 2005, he has served as executive vice president of content.

Skipper attended Lexington High School in Lexington, North Carolina. He then attended UNC-Chapel Hill and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature. After receiving his master's degree in the same field from Columbia University, he went to work for Rolling Stone, starting as a secretary but moving up. He also worked for Us and Spin before becoming senior vice president of Disney Publishing Group.^[1]

References

↑ "Lexington native to head ESPN". Winston-Salem Journal. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

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Executives	George Bodenheimer John Skipper Edwin Durso Chuck Pagano Norby Williamson

U.S. networks	ESPN ESPN2 ESPN on ABC ESPNews Classic ESPNU Deportes Plus PPV ESPN3 Radio Deportes Xtra ESPN All Access Goal Line Longhorn Network SEC Network

International	Australia ESPN2 Brasil Latin America Dos Plus UK¹

Co-owned Canadian sports networks	TSN TSN2 RDS RDS2 RDS Info ESPN Classic Canada NHL Network Canada

Current ventures	ESPN.com ESPN Deportes.com ESPN Broadband ESPN Films ESPN The Magazine ESPN Deportes La Revista ESPN Books ESPN Zone ESPY Awards ESPN Integration WatchESPN

Defunct ventures	ESPN Extra ESPN Now ESPN West Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009) ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1994–2013) ESPN 3D (2010–2013) ESPN America (2002–2013) ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013) ESPN MVP (2005-2006)

U.S. sports broadcasting rights	College football High School football Major League Baseball Major League Soccer National Football League NASCAR National Basketball Association Women's National Basketball Association IndyCar X Games Full list

Other properties	Grantland FiveThirtyEight Jayski's Silly Season Site ESPN FC ESPNF1 ESPNscrum TrueHoop ESPNcricinfo

Notable personalities	J. A. Adande John Anderson Skip Bayless Stephania Bell Chris Berman Michelle Bonner Mike Breen Hubie Brown Howard Bryant John Buccigross Cari Champion John Clayton Jonathan Coachman Linda Cohn Chris Connelly Lee Corso Colin Cowherd Tim Cowlishaw Heather Cox Jay Crawford Rece Davis Trent Dilfer Danny Dyer Chris Fowler Mike Greenberg Mike Golic Jay Harris Kirk Herbstreit Lou Holtz Brock Huard Tom Jackson Max Kellerman Mel Kiper, Jr. Bob Knight Suzy Kolber Tony Kornheiser Kara Lawson Dan Le Batard Tim Legler Bob Ley Steve Levy Rebecca Lobo Kenny Mayne Sean McDonough Chris McKendry Barry Melrose Jessica Mendoza Beth Mowins Brent Musburger Brad Nessler Wendi Nix Keith Olbermann Woody Paige Jesse Palmer Mike Patrick Samantha Ponder Derek Rae Karl Ravech Tony Reali Jerry Rice Holly Rowe Bob Ryan John Saunders Mark Schlereth Stuart Scott Dan Shulman Nate Silver Michael Smith Shelley Smith Stephen A. Smith Tommy Smyth Hannah Storm Mike Tirico Scott Van Pelt Dick Vitale Sara Walsh Michael Wilbon Marcellus Wiley Trey Wingo Steve Young

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Persondata
Name	Skipper, John
Alternative names
Short description	American businessman
Date of birth	12/12/54
Place of birth	Cleveland Ohio
Date of death
Place of death

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