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Ross and Sue Bagwell. Awards. Two-time MLS Cup champion. Susan " Dee " Haslam[2] (née Bagwell, born July 5, 1954) [1] is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and executive producer of RIVR Media and CEO of the Haslam Sports Group. Dee is a co-owner of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), along with her husband ...
- Early Life in Long Island and Tennessee
- Getting Into The Family Business
- The Haslams’ Get Into Professional Sports
- Haslams’ Community Interest
Susan “Dee” Bagwell was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1954. Her father, Ross Bagwell,is considered a pioneer in the cable television industry. Dee spent her formative years in Long Island while her father worked for NBC. While she was still in elementary school, the Bagwell family moved back to Knoxville. In high school, Dee went to the Webb Scho...
It didn’t take the newly married Dee Haslam long to get into her father’s line of work. After graduating from UT, Haslam began her professional career in advertising then pivoted to production at Cinetel Productions, her father’s company. The company was sold to Scripps Howard in 1994 and Haslam partnered with her brother and father to form Bagwell...
In 2008, the Haslams decided to throw their hat into the professional sports ring and bought a minority interest stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers. As minority owners, the Haslams did not have much input in day-to-day operations. That changed in 2012 when the couple agreed with former Browns owner Randy Lerner to buy the team for $1 billion. After s...
Probably the most significant area where the Haslams connect with Cleveland is in their philanthropic efforts to give back to the city. Dee Haslam sits on the boards of numerous organizations including: the Greater Cleveland Partnership, The United Way of Greater Cleveland, University Hospitals Systems, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Rock and Rol...
2013 Distinguished Alumna Award Winner. Dee Bagwell Haslam fell in love with television when she first sat in the peanut gallery on The Howdy Doody Show. After graduating from what was then UT’s College of Education, Haslam started her career in advertising but transitioned to production at her father’s company, Cinetel Productions.
Dee Haslam was just 17 when she began working in the television business for her father, cable production pioneer Ross K. Bagwell Sr. Jimmy Haslam grew up spending Saturdays working with his father at Pilot gas stations, then worked as a janitor at company headquarters while studying transportation and logistics at UT Knoxville.
Sep 25, 2018 · Susan “Dee” Bagwell Haslam. Susan “Dee” Haslam, married to James A. Haslam III, graduated from the College of Education and began work in her father’s company, Cinetel Productions—first in advertising and then in production. After Cinetel was sold to Scripps in 1994, she and Rob Lundgren launched RIVR Media, which she headed as ...
Jan 9, 2024 · In 2012, they bought the Cleveland Browns and began their working together in earnest. At 17, Haslam began working for her father at Bagwell Advertising, answering the phone. As her father began to grow the production company, Cinetel Productions, she also worked on the production projects.
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Haslam started her business career in the television production business working for her father, Ross Bagwell. In 1998, she and her partners Rob Lundgren and Lori Stryer took over Bagwell Entertainment and renamed it RIVR Media.
