5 Sling Media execs departing

The core of the Sling Media leadership team are leaving EchoStar, according to paidContent.org. Slightly more than one year after the $380 million sale of Sling, CEO Blake Krikorian, senior vice president of business development Jason Krikorian, president Jason Hirschhornm, chief creative officer Ben White, and vice president of sales Greg Wilkes have moved on to other pursuits. The leadership team agreed to stay on for a year after the acquisition, and now that the time has past, they're not wasting time moving on to find other ventures to spend their buyout money on. 

"Now it's time for the entrepreneurs to move one," Hirshhorn told paidContent.

Another successful CES completed (Sling got a "best in show" award), the team could leave knowing the integration of the companies was well on track, and recent product announcements have been well received. Currently, the group plans on taking some time off before getting into other ventures, but given their pedigree, any company the Sling guys get involved in will be worth watching. 

For more:
- paidContent has the story here 

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