Cubs' Marquee Sports Network eliminates GM position among cuts

The year isn’t ending well for Marquee Sports Network. Two months after Comcast bumped it up to its most-expensive programming tier, the network said Monday that it will operate without a general manager.

Diane Penny is out as GM after joining the network in April 2024. Hired to accelerate Marquee’s digital transformation, her efforts failed to drive revenue, which led to significant cuts in the digital-content team. Director of content Tony Andracki and reporter Andy Martinez were among them.

“In the interim, we will use Cubs and Sinclair resources to fill [Penny’s] role as we assess the future leadership needs of the network,” Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney told the…