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:''For the film director and television producer, see Jeff Pollack''. :''For the music and media consultant, see Jeff Pollack''. Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is a sports business consultant and former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. He was educated at Northwestern University, The Graduate School of Political Management and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollack later completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. After a brief career in politics, Pollack moved into the industry of sports business where he’s held executive roles with the NBA, NASCAR, and the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Pollack was listed on the first of ''Sports Business Journal's'' "40 Under 40" and twice to The Sporting News 100. He has also won two Emmy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liftin Poker to a Higher Level )〕 Pollack is married, and resides in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. His half-brother is Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the National Hockey League.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Latest addition to our Advisory Committee, Mr. Jeffrey Pollack )〕 In 2011, Pollack launched Federated Sports+Gaming (FS+G) and the Epic Poker League, where he served as Executive Chairman. Within a year, FS+G had filed bankruptcy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Epic Poker Bankruptcy Leaves Mountain of Debt )〕 In early 2015, Pollack was hired as special advisor to the San Diego Chargers. ==Education and Early career== Pollack received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Northwestern University, in addition to two master's degrees. The first master's was from The Graduate School of Political Management and his second was in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Pollack subsequently completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Initially, Pollack’s career led into politics. A summer internship with the American Jewish Congress prompted a one-year role with the AJC. He worked as a lobbyist on legislation that would permit religious headwear for active military personal in noncombat settings. Pollack then relocated to Los Angeles to work for Winner & Associates, a leading political public relations firm. He was assigned to consult the Major Baseball League during the labor strife in the early-1990s. The inception of Pollack’s career in sports business occurred in 1992 when he realized—while flying from LA to New York—that there was a niche to fill in the industry. In February 1994, at the age of 29, Pollack founded ''The Sports Business Daily''. It was the first daily trade publication for the sports industry. Pollack modelled the concept for the Sports Business Daily on the political daily ''The Hotline''. Its primary goal was to “cover the coverage,” or aggregate and organize daily news that was related to business of sports〔 Doug Bailey, ''The Hotline's'' founder, was Jeffrey Pollack's partner in this venture. Pollack later noted that Bailey’s influence was “absolutely critical” to the initial success of The Daily.〔 ''The Sports Business Daily'' originally occupied 3 rooms in the same building and initially hired ''The Hotline's'' Stephen Bilafer as the Editor-in-Chief. Fellow editor Chuck Todd followed Bilafer in the move from ''The Hotline'' to ''The Daily''. Bilafer would go on to note that it would have been a “deal breaker” had Todd not been permitted to join him at the SBD. After assembling a small editorial, marketing and sales team, ''The Sports Business Daily'' launched on September 12, 1994 amidst the “perfect storm of business and sports stories.”〔 With Pollack as its president and publisher, ''The Sports Business Daily'' garnered a strong reputation among to decision-makers in the industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeffrey Pollack The Commissioner of the World Series of Poker 2007 )〕 When the time ''The Sports Business Daily'' was sold in 1996, it was a "recognized leader in sports industry news and is relied upon by top sports, entertainment, financial, and media executives worldwide." At the time of the sale, ''The Sports Business Daily'' provided the content for ESPN's SportsZone "Industry Insider."〔 Pollack's career with the NBA began when he was hired as a communications consultant for the NBA during its collective bargaining arrangement. Pollack consulted with NBA commissioner David Stern and helped design the relaunch strategy after the NBA lockout in the 1998–99 season. As a result of these activities, Pollack was hired as the Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Communications for the NBA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= ENVY: Jeffrey Pollack: The Making of a Full House )〕 He remained with the league until 2000.〔 After a brief stint with a sports website, which Pollack once termed his “reverse MBA,” he was hired as the Managing Director of Broadcasting and New Media for NASCAR Digital Entertainment.〔〔 NASCAR had recently consolidated its media rights and the brand reoriented the way it presented itself to consumer product and global media companies. Pollack helped develop NASCAR's television partnerships with Fox, FX, NBC and TNT and it was under his guidance that NASCAR grew into a major sporting event. At the time, it rose to the “second-most-watched sprots franchcise on cable TV, behind football."〔 Pollack also encouraged NASCAR to use advanced media and technologies. One of his central innovations was to create an immersive experience for viewers at home. He helped developed the cable TV program, NASCAR iN Car, which involved mounting cameras that could capture the race from inside the cars.()〔 Pollack won two Emmy Awards, as a result: the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television Programming and a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Innovative Technical Achievement.〔 He was also the first to receive the Billboard Digital Entertainment Award for the best interactive television programming.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeffrey Pollack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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