WWE® Names Nick Khan President & Chief Revenue Officer
August 05 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Nick Khan, former Co-Head
of Television at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has been named
President & Chief Revenue Officer, reporting directly to WWE
Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.
“Nick is a seasoned media executive with a deep understanding of
our business and a proven track record of generating significant
value for sports and entertainment properties,” said McMahon.
“While representing WWE at CAA, he was instrumental in transforming
our business model by securing domestic media rights increases of
3.6x over our previous agreements. Nick’s management style and
personal demeanor are perfect for WWE’s entrepreneurial culture,
and he will fit right in with our exceptional management team.”
“I am very much looking forward to expanding my relationship
with Vince McMahon and the entire team at WWE, and becoming a
full-time member of the WWE family,” said Khan. “It’s rare to have
an opportunity to work at a company that is not only legendary in
what it has already accomplished, but also uniquely poised to enter
into an unprecedented phase of growth and expansion across all
lines of business. Our collective industry experience will enable
us to extract maximum value across the portfolio globally while
driving long-term shareholder value.”
Khan, a former practicing attorney, transitioned to
International Creative Management (ICM) in 2006 where he launched
their Sports Media department and represented the biggest names in
sports broadcasting. In 2012, Khan moved to CAA where he became the
Co-Head of the Television Department. During his tenure there, Khan
continued to represent the top broadcasters while also representing
WWE, the Southeastern Conference (SEC), Top Rank Boxing and others
helping to negotiate billions of dollars in media deals on their
behalf.
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated
media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
WWE’s TV-PG, family-friendly programming can be seen in more than
800 million homes worldwide in 28 languages. WWE Network, the
first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live
pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand
library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The
company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai,
Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
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Forward-Looking Statements: This
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safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks relating
to: the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our business, results of
operations and financial condition; entering, maintaining and
renewing major distribution agreements; a rapidly evolving media
landscape; WWE Network (including the risk that we are unable to
attract, retain and renew subscribers); our need to continue to
develop creative and entertaining programs and events; the
possibility of a decline in the popularity of our brand of sports
entertainment; the continued importance of key performers and the
services of Vincent K. McMahon; possible adverse changes in the
regulatory atmosphere and related private sector initiatives; the
highly competitive, rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented
nature of the markets in which we operate and greater financial
resources or marketplace presence of many of our competitors;
uncertainties associated with international markets including
possible disruptions and reputational risks; our difficulty or
inability to promote and conduct our live events and/or other
businesses if we do not comply with applicable regulations; our
dependence on our intellectual property rights, our need to protect
those rights, and the risks of our infringement of others’
intellectual property rights; the complexity of our rights
agreements across distribution mechanisms and geographical areas;
potential substantial liability in the event of accidents or
injuries occurring during our physically demanding events including
without limitation, claims alleging traumatic brain injury; large
public events as well as travel to and from such events; our
feature film business; our expansion into new or complementary
businesses and/or strategic investments; our computer systems and
online operations; privacy norms and regulations; a possible
decline in general economic conditions and disruption in financial
markets; our accounts receivable; our indebtedness including our
convertible notes; litigation; our potential failure to meet market
expectations for our financial performance, which could adversely
affect our stock; Vincent K. McMahon exercises control over our
affairs, and his interests may conflict with the holders of our
Class A common stock; a substantial number of shares are eligible
for sale by the McMahons and the sale, or the perception of
possible sales, of those shares could lower our stock price; and
the volatility of our Class A common stock. In addition, our
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other things, our liquidity and historical and projected cash flow,
strategic plan (including alternative uses of capital), our
financial results and condition, contractual and legal restrictions
on the payment of dividends (including under our revolving credit
facility), general economic and competitive conditions and such
other factors as our Board of Directors may consider relevant.
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date made and are subject to change without any obligation on the
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and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, please
refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of
the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, our
annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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