SiriusXM Names Mike Connolly Head Of Advertising Sales

Mike Connolly

SIRIUSXM names MIKE CONNOLLY as its new head of advertising sales. CONNOLLY will oversee SIRIUSXM’s ad sales efforts across its lineup of channels that take advertising, which includes entertainment, news, comedy and sports. He will report to Pres./Chief Content Officer SCOTT GREENSTEIN.

CONNOLLY comes to SIRIUSXM from ESPN, where for the last eight years he had been VP/Advertising Sales and Affiliate Sales for ESPN AUDIO NETWORK.

“I've been a longtime listener of SIRIUSXM content and have always been a huge fan,” said CONNOLLY.  “A vast majority of my career has been in radio sales so the opportunity to lead the sales effort at SIRIUSXM is a dream come true.”  

“MIKE is a proven ad industry executive and we are excited to have him lead SIRIUSXM’s ad sales team and continue its strong sustained growth,” said GREENSTEIN. “MIKE's extensive experience in audio entertainment will be of crucial importance to SIRIUSXM as our programming depth and variety expand and the national audience of subscribers and listeners continues to rise.”

CONNOLLY succeeds BETTE ROCKMORE, who ran SIRIUSXM’s ad sales efforts since 2009. She is moving into a teaching role at PACE UNIVERSITY.

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