Variety reports that Jake Dexter has joined Range Sports as vice president of sports content.
Dexter joins Range Sports, a division of Range Media Partners, from Paradigm and was a founding member of Paradigm Sports Group.
“Range Sports is a full-service talent representation company, and as we grow that side of our business, we are also building a first-of-its-kind sports content offering. Jake has an impeccable reputation having closed deals on behalf of some of the largest sports venues and content platforms over the past decade,” said Lowell Taub, Range Sports’ Chief Revenue Officer. “We are thrilled to welcome Jake as we continue to strengthen and diversify Range Sports.”
Dexter joins Range Sports in a newly created role. As vice president of sports content, he will represent unscripted sports production companies and showrunners and collaborate with other departments, including Range’s media rights team and Range Studios’ unscripted television division.
Dexter began his career in Paradigm’s mailroom. He has been with the agency for more than a decade, where he led major music crossover efforts, including packaging and selling the Imagine Dragons documentary “Believer” to HBO and selling the Shawn Mendes documentary “Wonder” to Netflix. Dexter also worked with RJ Culter and his production company to package and sell the Billie Eilish documentary to Apple.
In his role with Paradigm Sports Group, Dexter advised leagues, teams, athletes, and entertainment venues on media rights, content development, and franchise expansion. He represented companies such as Stick Figure Productions, RUMUR Studios, basketball star Jalen Rose’s Page Entertainment, Team Boxing League, and Paul Crowder. He negotiated Savannah Bananas’ media rights deal with The CW and TNT Sports and was involved in packaging the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing event for Netflix.
