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Sports veteran Rick Brace tapped as president of Rogers’ media business unit

TORONTO – Former Bell Media exec Rick Brace has been named as the new president of Rogers’ media business unit.Brace, pictured, succeeds Keith Pelley who has served as president of Rogers Media since 2010, and who announced in April that he was leaving the company to head up the European golf tour.With more than 35 years of experience in the sports and media industries, Brace started his career at CBC in 1975 before going on to play a founding role at TSN when it launched in 1984, and eventually assumed the role of president from 1998 through 2000.  After joining CTV in 2000, he held...