Mr. Sykes has been the President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia, Inc., a global media and entertainment company, since 2012. In his role at iHeartMedia, Mr. Sykes is responsible for developing new business partnerships and platforms across a range of media, including broadcast television, digital video platforms and live events, as well as creating value for iHeartMedia s advertisers and key partners. Mr. Sykes is the co-executive producer of iHeartRadio branded annual live events, which include multiple iHeartRadio live events that are broadcast on network television annually. He also worked with iHeartMedia in a consulting role during 2011. Prior to joining iHeartMedia, Mr. Sykes was affiliated with the Pilot Group, a private equity and venture firm, from 2008 to 2011. He was a core member of the team at Viacom, Inc. that launched MTV Networks in 1981. During his more than 20-year tenure at Viacom, Mr. Sykes served as President of New Network Development for MTV from 2005 to 2008, Chairman and CEO of Infinity Broadcasting Corporation (now CBS Radio) from 2002 to 2005 and President of the VH1 Cable Television Network from 1994 to 2002. Mr. Sykes is the founder and has served as a director since 1997 of VH1 Save the Music, and has also served on the boards of Critical Content since 2016, the Robin Hood Foundation since 1996, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1997, If Only since 2013, and Syracuse University s Newhouse School of Communications since 1994, and previously served on the board of MSGN from 2015 until the Networks Merger in July 2021, and Shazam Mobile from 2011 to 2014. In light of his approximately 40 years of business and management experience, as well as the knowledge and experience he gained and contributions he made during his tenure as a director of MSGN, his extensive experience in the media, television and entertainment industries and his service on the boards of other companies and charitable institutions, our Board has concluded that John L. Sykes should serve as a director of the Company.