ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 11, 2008) – Earl Marshall has joined GOLF CHANNEL as the Senior Vice President, Finance, Strategy and Business Development, reporting to Page Thompson, president of the cable network. Marshall will be responsible for overseeing finance, accounting and new business development, as well as developing and executing strategy for both the linear channel and new media area.
“We are pleased to have an individual with the experience, vision and expertise that Earl Marshall brings to GOLF CHANNEL,” said Thompson. “He has a proven track record and I look forward to working with him in the months and years to come.”
Prior to joining GOLF CHANNEL, Marshall spent over eight years in Comcast’s Corporate Development department primarily overseeing merger and acquisition activities for Comcast’s Cable Division. Before joining Comcast in 1998, Marshall worked at PricewaterhouseCooper as a consultant in the valuation services group. A CFA who earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from St. Joseph’s University, he later earned his master’s degree in business from Rutgers University.
Marshall will reside in Orlando, Fla. with his wife and two daughters.
GOLF CHANNEL(www.GolfChannel.com), co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. It features a programming schedule that includes more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, as well as news, instruction and original productions, such as the popular Big Break. GOLF CHANNEL became the exclusive cable home of the PGA TOUR in 2007, and televises part or all of every PGA TOUR event. In addition, the network is exclusive television home of the Nationwide Tour, European Tour and Canadian Tour, and the exclusive cable home of the Champions Tour. Also featured is a generous mix of other competition from the LPGA Tour, USGA, PGA of America, Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour.
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