WWE EXECUTIVE FIRED AFTER HUFFINGTON POST ASKS THEM ABOUT HIS WIFE'S ANTI-ISLAMIC TWEETS

The Huffington Post has a story on it's site looking into the life of Tweeter, @AmyMek, who is a significant voice of the far right's policies and opinions, particularly about Islam.  Without getting political, I will just say that her tweets are on the far end of the Right's spectrum.

In doing an investigative piece on her, they found out that her real name is Amy Mekelburg, a 45 year old who, as it turns out, is married to now ex-WWE executive Sal Siino.  They brought to WWE's attention last week what Siino's wife was tweeting and asked if the company was aware of it.  They said no.  When they asked the company again this week and they quoted a WWE spokesman as saying, "Now that it has come to our attention, Sal Siino is no longer an employee.”

As it turns out, Siino's job with WWE, per their press release from last year, was as follows:

WWE® Names Sal Siino Senior Vice President, Global Content Distribution and Business Development

   

STAMFORD, Conn., February 21, 2017 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Sal Siino as Senior Vice President, Global Content Distribution & Business Development. Siino, who previously held senior leadership roles with WeMash, Bedrocket Media Ventures, T3Media and Westwood One, will report directly to Tandy O’Donoghue, WWE Executive Vice President, Strategy & Analytics.

As WWE’s Senior Vice President, Global Content Distribution & Business Development, Siino will be a key member of WWE’s leadership team, responsible for the management of WWE’s worldwide content distribution business across all platforms. Siino will also manage business development initiatives and partnerships, and provide related support to WWE’s business units.

Prior to joining WWE, Siino was Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of WeMash, where he connected premium content owners including movie studios, news organizations, sports entities, music labels and publishers with video artists, filmmakers, and musicians to re-imagine content beyond its original context.

Before co-founding WeMash, Siino was Executive Vice President, Partnerships & Chief Revenue Officer of Bedrocket Media Ventures, where he partnered with established brands and category leaders including Univision, PGA Tour and Major League Soccer, to develop pioneering online destinations and branded YouTube channels to reach audiences on all screens.

Previously, Siino was Chief Content & Revenue Officer at T3Media, a company that represented the largest library of licensable video content in the world. He also served as Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Operations at Westwood One, a sports and entertainment content syndicator and the top domestic provider of traffic and news reports to television and radio stations. Siino practiced law with Kelley, Drye & Warren in New York and worked as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch’s Mergers and Acquisitions group.

Siino received a BA from Georgetown University, his J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mekelburg has taken to Twitter to rally support about her husband's firing.  But given his Global position, he was working on WWE's groundbreaking deal with Saudi Arabia while his wife was posting extremely hostile things towards Muslims. WWE had no choice but to let him go. 

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