{"id":73706,"date":"2018-07-10T20:54:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T01:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73706"},"modified":"2018-07-10T21:47:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T02:47:22","slug":"bellator-names-david-schwarz-senior-vice-president-of-marketing-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73706","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Names David Schwarz Senior Vice President of Marketing &#038; Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73706\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=73706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-53128 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/B-MMA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>David Schwarz has been named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Viacom\u2019s fast-rising sports franchise, Bellator. Schwarz will oversee five critical areas of Bellator\u2019s development including consumer marketing, communications, social media, ticket sales, and digital. The announcement was made today by Scott Coker, Bellator CEO and President, to whom he will report. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Schwarz, a 19-year veteran of Viacom, most recently served as Senior Vice President, Communications Paramount Network, a position he held since 2011, and has been a proven brand builder for the company. Schwarz played an integral role in the launch of Spike, \u201cThe First Network For Men\u201d in 2003 and the rebrand into Paramount Network, the home of premium-quality scripted and non-scripted programming, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid has a wealth of experience as a brand builder and will play a vital role in Bellator\u2019s continued upward trajectory as a thriving global franchise,\u201d said Coker.<\/p>\n<p>The new position speaks to Viacom\u2019s commitment to growing the emerging sports property. Schwarz\u2019s extensive experience is tailor made for the position. During his tenure at Viacom, Schwarz has overseen the network\u2019s communications\u2019 efforts for the network\u2019s sports and sports entertainment properties including Bellator, The Ultimate Fighting Championship, Premier Boxing Champions, the WWE and TNA Wrestling. Prior to the Spike launch, Schwarz oversaw the TNN\u2019s communications\u2019 efforts for the XFL, Arena Football, and ECW Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Viacom, Schwarz served in various Public Relations\u2019 positions at USA Network, overseeing the PR responsibilities for the network\u2019s coverage of U.S. Open and French Open tennis, The Masters, The Ryder Cup, and PGA Tour events, USA Tuesday Night Fights boxing series, the WWE, and The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ulr2tOmmJW8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] David Schwarz has been named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications for Viacom\u2019s fast-rising sports franchise, Bellator. Schwarz will oversee five critical areas of Bellator\u2019s development including consumer marketing, communications, social media, ticket sales, and digital. The announcement was made today by Scott Coker, Bellator CEO and President, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10374],"tags":[18502],"class_list":["post-73706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mma-2","tag-bellator-names-david-schwarz-senior-vice-president-of-marketing-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73706"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}