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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Heads To WME

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 21, 2012 @ 11:41am PDTTags: IMG, The View, WME

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Hasselbeck has signed with WME, where Jim Ornstein will handle The View co-host’s representation. Hasselback had been with Babette Perry at IMG, but sources say the former Survivor contestant had become unhappy with the way negotiations with ABC were being handled and decided it was time for a change. Hasselbeck’s husband, former NFL quarterback and ESPN analyst Tim Hasselbeck, is already signed with Ornstein. Hasseback has been on The View since 2003. Ornstein recently saw Live! With Kelly host Kelly Ripa leave WME for CAA.

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TEDDY’S WISHES: IMG Elects Michael Dolan Chairman/CEO & To Stay Standalone Company

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 23, 2011 @ 1:55pm PSTTags: IMG

As expected, IMG and Forstmann Little today carried out the wishes of their late boss Tedd Forstmann by choosing his handpicked successors to lead the companies after his death. And, no, Michael Ovitz wasn’t mentioned:

NEW YORK, NY — IMG Worldwide, a leading global sports, fashion and media company, announced today that the shareholders of IMG have unanimously elected Michael Dolan Chairman of IMG and the IMG Board of Directors has unanimously elected him Chief Executive Officer, following the passing of IMG’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Ted Forstmann. Mr. Dolan joined IMG in early 2010 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In April 2011, Mr. Forstmann appointed Mike Dolan to President and Chief Operating Officer to lead day-to-day management of the company, and serve as Mr. Forstmann’s hand-picked successor to run the company following his death.

“Mike’s broad global experience and record of success makes him a clear choice to lead IMG forward,” said Julian Robertson, founder of the investment firm Tiger Management who was appointed this morning Chairman of Forstmann Little &Co. “Mike has the vision, experience, passion and leadership skills to ensure IMG’s continued growth and success.” Mr. Robertson has also been elected to the Board of Directors of IMG.

Following his election to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mike Dolan said, “Over the past two years we have developed a strategic plan for the company that is powerful and has already begun to produce significant sustainable results. We are committed to growing the business to maximize the value for our shareholders.” In addition, the Board of Directors of IMG said that it concurs that the maximum value of the company can best be achieved as a standalone company.

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IMG Letter Removed Mike Ovitz From Board

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday October 7, 2011 @ 12:16pm PDTTags: IMG, Michael Ovitz, Teddy Forstmann

Michael Ovitz And IMG World And Teddy Forstmann’s Brain Cancer: The Real Story, And Also What Ovitz Told Me About It

There will be no formal announcement because IMG desperately wants all the damaging talk to quiet down. So the unsavory Michael Ovitz situation was handled in private this week with a formal IMG letter removing him from owner Teddy Forstmann’s advisory board. (One insider tells me that three other board members who backed Ovitz’s alleged takeover attempt were removed as well. But I have no additional confirmation so won’t go into detail.) Thus ignobly ends yet another of Ovitz’s longest personal and professional relationships after he was accused of maneuvering to run and/or own the global management and production giant while 71-year-old Teddy battled brain cancer. Read More »

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