Karen Brodkin

In her role as executive vice president, content strategy & partnerships at Endeavor, Karen Brodkin leads business development and strategy for a range of business areas across the Endeavor portfolio.

Before joining Endeavor, Brodkin was executive vice president of business and legal affairs at FOX Sports Media Group. While at FOX, she oversaw the business and legal affairs team that negotiated professional and collegiate media rights acquisitions with organizations including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, UFC, MLS, Pac-12, Big 10, Big 12, Big East and the ACC, as well as all FOX Sports’ production, programming and talent agreements. Brodkin was part of the team that launched the Big Ten Network in August 2007, and FOX Sports 1, which launched in August 2013 in over 70 million homes.

Prior to joining FOX, Brodkin spent five years as an entertainment attorney at two Los Angeles-based entertainment firms, where her clients included Garth Brooks, Spike Lee, Warner Brothers, and New Line Cinema. She began her career as a corporate attorney specializing in labor and employment matters in the Los Angeles office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.

Brodkin received a B.A. in Political Science/Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she graduated Order of the Coif.