128: Jamie Horowitz, ESPN’s VP Of SportsNation, First Take & Original Programming; Now Turns Lessons Learned From Sports To The Today Show As Senior VP & General Manager

Although Jamie Horowitz is soon to be the Senior VP and General Manager of NBC’s The Today Show Jamie is thankful for his time at ESPN as an award-winning television executive who created and produced multiple highly rated shows. Prior to the late summer of 2014 transition, Jamie was the Vice President of Original Programming and Production at ESPN.

During his career with ESPN, Jamie created and reinvented a variety of shows that pursued specific audiences such as SportsNation, First Take, and Numbers Never Lie. In 2013 Jamie developed Olbermann, the show that brought Keith Olbermann back to ESPN.

Born and raised an avid Boston Sports fan, Jamie shares his love for sports from childhood to current day life-work integration.