Dish Network president quits
By Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published February 6, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Carl Vogel has stepped down as president of Dish Network Corp. for personal reasons, the satellite TV services provider announced Tuesday.
Dish CEO and Chairman Charlie Ergen will assume Vogel's duties. Vogel will remain a vice chairman and continue to lead corporate development, programming and business and commercial services functions.
The company didn't elaborate. Vogel has told friends he planned to step back from day- to-day duties to devote more time to his family and teenage son Luke, who broke his neck in a skiing accident in December. Luke Vogel was paralyzed from the accident and has been undergoing rehabilitation.
Ergen also announced two executive vice presidents: Erik Carlson, operations; and Tom Stingley, sales and distribution.
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