Hasta La Creative!

Jamie Horowitz, the former ESPN executive who two years ago joined Fox Sports to jumpstart the fledgling cable network FS1, has been dismissed from the company, effective immediately.

In an internal email distributed to staffers earlier today, Fox Sports President Eric Shanks intimated that Horowitz’s ouster may not have had anything to do with FS1’s ratings struggles. “Everyone at Fox Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to, should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times,” Shanks wrote. “These values are non-negotiable.”

In the same memo, Shanks allowed that while the news may have provided an unwelcome pre-holiday surprise, Fox Sports is “confident in this decision.”

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