In the wake of the changing sports TV landscape plus the city's top cable system in Comcast/Xfinity moving it to its most expensive tier for its customers, there's news of changes at Marquee Sports Network, per the Sun-Times' Jeff Agrest.

The Cubs' powered regional sports network announced Monday night that Diane Penny is out as General Manager of the 5 year old outlet. Penny, a Villa Park native, became Marquee's General Manager in April last year. She was brought in hoping to accelerate the network's digital transformation. It didn't work out that way.

Also sent packing in Marquee's cutbacks were Tony Andracki, Marquee's Director of Content & reporter Andy Martinez. The network will utilize the Cubs' Chief Commercial Officer Colin Faulkner to oversee game production & coverage. Faulkner will also be in charge of marketing & talent. What will happen to Marquee's Web site has yet to be decided.

If you can get through the paywall, Agrest's full story about Marquee's cutbacks along with comments from Cubs' V.P. of Business Operations Crane Kenney can be found here:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/12/01/cubs-marquee-sports-network-general-manager-diane-penny-colin-faulkner-crane-kenney-regional-sports-network-comcast?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst-sports&utm_medium=social