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Rob Simmelkjaer is an American television executive and broadcaster with NBC Sports. Executive rolesNBC SportsOn September 12, 2011, Simmelkjaer was named Senior Vice President, NBC Sports Ventures, where he is charged with leading international business development for the NBC Sports Group, including Golf Channel, NBC Sports, NBC Sports Radio and other businesses, and oversees the Group's stake in Universal Sports. He is also responsible for managing the NBC Sports Ventures unit, a collection of NBC owned businesses.[1] ESPN/ABCPrior to joining NBC, Simmelkjaer served as ESPN’s Vice President of International Development and Corporate Projects. In that role Simmelkjaer managed all international development and corporate projects for the network, including ESPN’s family of international television channels, radio outlets and publishing interests. Simmelkjaer also managed the networks relationship with the International Olympic Committee.[2] From 2003-2006, Simmelkjaer worked at ESPN as Assistant to the President. In that position he assisted George Bodenheimer in matters of strategic direction and management. Simmelkjaer joined ESPN in 2002, as the director of programming and acquisitions. In that role he was the primary figure responsible for the launch of a six-year programming agreement between ESPN/ABC and the NBA.[3] On-air rolesABC NewsSimmelkjaer served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News Now from December 2005 to July 2007, and was the host of such original programs as, Inside the Newsroom, In the Mix and Guilt or Innocence.[4] ESPNSimmelkjaer returned to ESPN in 2007, and served as a sideline reporter for ESPN College Football during the 2007 college football season.[5] NBC SportsSimmelkjaer anchored MSNBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics[6] and will do the same for MSNBC in 2016.[7] Education and early careerPrior to his tenure at ESPN, Simmelkjaer practiced law at two New York firms, Weil, Gotshal and Manges from 2000-2001, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1997-2000. Simmelkjaer is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. At Dartmouth, Simmelkjaer anchored the Dartmouth sports radio for four years as well as Dartmouth radio’s award-winning coverage of the 1992 presidential election. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Alexander Nagle award for excellence in broadcast journalism.[8] References1. ^http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/rob-simmelkjaer/ {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmelkjaer, Rob}}2. ^http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/rob-simmelkjaer/ 3. ^http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/rob-simmelkjaer/ 4. ^http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1866780 5. ^http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2007/12/espn-hates-us-erin-andrews-only-on.html 6. ^http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/rob-simmelkjaer/ 7. ^http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/05/nbc-olympics-commentators-list-rio/ 8. ^http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/rob-simmelkjaer/ 12 : 20th-century births|Place of birth missing (living people)|Year of birth missing (living people)|American sports journalists|American television news anchors|Dartmouth College alumni|Harvard Law School alumni|Journalists from New Jersey|Journalists from New York City|Living people|New Jersey lawyers|New York (state) lawyers |
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