{"id":31004,"date":"2016-09-06T13:41:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=31004"},"modified":"2016-09-06T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T18:41:45","slug":"wwe-announces-executive-hire-fox-sports-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/06\/wwe-announces-executive-hire-fox-sports-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces executive hire from Fox Sports &#038; ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-61043015\" 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 announced Tuesday the hiring of sports executive Chris Bellitti to the position of Senior VP, Communications.<\/p>\n<p>Bellitti was hired from Fox Sports after previously working for ESPN, tapping into WWE&#8217;s connection to mainstream sports.<\/p>\n<p>Bellitti will be the head of WWE&#8217;s communications division, reporting to the EVP of Marketing &amp; Communications, Brian Flinn.<\/p>\n<p>WWE described Bellitti&#8217;s role as being a &#8220;key member of the company\u2019s senior management team, responsible for providing\u00a0strategic vision for WWE\u2019s internal and external global communications initiatives across key business units.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3199488214\"><div id=\"pwtor-3871700294\"><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 announced Tuesday the hiring of sports executive Chris Bellitti to the position of Senior VP, Communications. Bellitti was hired from Fox Sports after previously working for ESPN, tapping into WWE&#8217;s connection to mainstream sports. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/06\/wwe-announces-executive-hire-fox-sports-espn\/\" title=\"WWE announces executive hire from Fox Sports &#038; ESPN\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1239,"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":[3],"tags":[3780,3779,71],"class_list":["post-31004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-brian-flinn","tag-chris-bellitti","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/WWELogo_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31005,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31004\/revisions\/31005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}