{"id":171909,"date":"2024-01-10T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=171909"},"modified":"2024-01-10T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T20:52:10","slug":"wwe-hires-new-head-of-media-production-just-days-after-longtime-head-of-production-for-wwe-kevin-dunn-departed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/10\/wwe-hires-new-head-of-media-production-just-days-after-longtime-head-of-production-for-wwe-kevin-dunn-departed\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE hires new Head of Media &#038; Production just days after longtime head of production for WWE, Kevin Dunn, departed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3164187730\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE has hired Lee Fitting, a veteran of ESPN, to fill the role of Head of Media &amp; Production just days after Kevin Dunn&#8217;s departure. It appears Fitting is essentially replacing Dunn, although the scope of his responsibilities might not be a complete match to Dunn&#8217;s expansive role before he left.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kaiser, Marty Miller, and Bryan Fadem were handling various duties without Dunn&#8217;s supervision in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLee is a phenomenal leader and executive known for work that generates both critical acclaim and mass appeal,\u201d WWE President Nick Khan said in a press release. \u201cLee will be a tremendous addition to our stellar media and production team and play a key role in helping catapult WWE\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fitting oversaw production for Monday Night Football, College GameDay, the College Football Playoff, and many other properties within the Disney\/ESPN portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible Lee will bring new ideas and some noticeable changes to how WWE shows are presented to viewers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/01\/kevin-dunn-closest-ally-to-vince-mcmahon-dating-back-to-1980s-departs-wwe-details-on-circumstances-and-lead-up-to-his-decision\/\">Kevin Dunn, closest ally to Vince McMahon dating back to 1980s, departs WWE, details on circumstances and lead-up to his decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/01\/09\/new-tna-digital-media-championship-belt-unveiled\/\">New TNA Digital Media Championship belt unveiled<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1401817161\"><div id=\"pwtor-3505141988\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE has hired Lee Fitting, a veteran of ESPN, to fill the role of Head of Media &amp; Production just days after Kevin Dunn&#8217;s departure. It appears Fitting is essentially replacing Dunn, although the scope <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/01\/10\/wwe-hires-new-head-of-media-production-just-days-after-longtime-head-of-production-for-wwe-kevin-dunn-departed\/\" title=\"WWE hires new Head of Media &#038; Production just days after longtime head of production for WWE, Kevin Dunn, departed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-01-at-11.34.48-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171910,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171909\/revisions\/171910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}