Jamie Horowitz is an ex-President of National Networks for Fox Sports he came to the public spotlight after being pushed out of the company over an internal sexual harassment investigation. ^[1]

Early Life and Career

Horowitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jonathan and Eva Horowitz. Between 1990 and 1994, Horowitz attended Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts and later attended Amherst College. While at Amherst, Horowitz was an Op-Ed writer for the Amherst Student and started his own sports magazine, SportsAmherst. He graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Government.

He began his career as a researcher for NBC Olympics, compiling biographies of the athletes who competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He was later promoted to Associate Producer at NBC Sports, where he created and produced the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, as well as working on NBC's coverage of the National Basketball Association, NASCAR, and the Olympics.

In 2006, he was poached by ESPN and became a senior producer, overseeing the development of new studio shows as well producing the World Series of Poker. In 2009, he was promoted to Coordinating Producer, where he created the daily studio show, SportsNation, as well as Winner's Bracket.

In 2012, he became Vice President of Original Programming and Production at ESPN, being charged with producing new studio shows as well as overseeing major shows such as Olbermann and First Take.

In 2015, he became President of National Networks for Fox Sports.

On June 30th 2017, Horowitz was told to report to his office for a meet set for July 3rd.

At that meeting, he was told that he was terminated effective immediately.

It was later announced publicly by Fox Sports that Jamie Horowitz had been sacked as head of sports programming for Fox Sports, citing no other reason for his dismissal than "professional conduct".

Reports from numerous media groups state that his departure is due to claims of sexual harassment at Fox Sports.

Horowitz's lawyer, Patricia Glaser, claims that Fox's treatment of her client was "appalling" and that there is no evidence from human resources or his superiors that Horowitz was involved in the misconduct alluded to by Fox Sports.

Fox Sport's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, claims to the contrary that Horowitz's termination was fully warranted and that his lawyer's statements are no founded in reality.

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According to Sports Illustrated, a production assistant complained to human resources staff at Fox Sports that Horowitz had tried to negotiate a kiss in exchange for additional work.

His biographical page on Fox Sports was deleted from Fox Sport's website on Monday as well.

Horowitz claims to be a strong advocate for arts and culture, children, civil rights, education, and poverty alleviation.

He is a board member for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), which supports 300,000 members and their families during the transition from military to civilian life.

Horowitz has won two People's Voice Awards from the Webbys.