Harrah's Entertainment Names NFL Executive Seth Palansky Director of Communications for Sports & Entertainment Division
06 2월 2008 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seth Palansky, who for
the past five years has overseen corporate communications efforts
for the NFL Network, the league's owned and operated television
channel, has been named Communications Director for the World
Series of Poker(R) and the company's Sports & Entertainment
division, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said today. Palansky will
replace Gary Thompson, who was named Director of Corporate
Communications for Harrah's Entertainment. Palansky will assume his
new role March 3 and report to Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the
WSOP and Vice President of Sports & Entertainment for Harrah's.
Thompson will continue to advise Pollack and will lead efforts to
re-launch the Poker Hall of Fame. "Seth's extensive sports and
entertainment marketing experience and personal network of global
media contacts will serve us well as we enter a new and exciting
period of growth for poker's No. 1 brand," said Pollack "I am
looking forward to joining the WSOP team," said Palansky. "There
are a lot of exciting things going on at Harrah's and I can't wait
to get started." As official spokesman for the NFL Network and for
the league on television and media-policy issues, Palansky reported
directly to NFL President and CEO Steve Bornstein and NFL Senior
Vice President Greg Aiello. As the first employee of the NFL
Network, Palansky oversaw the launch of the channel and was
responsible for all corporate communications strategy and media
relations functions pertaining to distribution, marketing, legal,
government affairs, programming, production, talent relations and
sales. Prior to that, he managed media relations for News
Corporation's cable asset Fox Sports Net, a collection of 15
regional cable networks that owned the television rights to 67 MLB,
NBA and NHL teams. Previously, he worked in management positions
with various sports and entertainment public relations firms and as
director of operations for a wholesale clothing company. Palansky
is the second NFL executive to join the WSOP team. Ty Stewart,
Director of Sponsorship and Licensing for the brand, was at the NFL
for eight years before assuming his current position at Harrah's.
More information about the World Series of Poker is available at
the Web site http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/. Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, more
than 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new
properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages
casinos on four continents. The Company's properties operate
primarily under the Harrah's(R), Caesars(R) and Horseshoe(R) brand
names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International family of
casinos and the World Series of Poker. Harrah's Entertainment is
focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a
unique combination of great service, excellent products,
unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology
leadership. For more information, please visit
http://www.harrahs.com/. DATASOURCE: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
CONTACT: Gary Thompson of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.,
+1-702-407-6529 Web site: http://www.harrahs.com/
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/
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