Brian Grey, till now the SVP and GM of Fox Sports Interactive, has left and is joining venture firm Polaris Venture Partners as an executive in residence. He starts October and will be based in the Bay Area. This is the second senior exec departure from the interactive side for Fox Sports: earlier in June, Patrick Crumb, then SVP at FIM (NYSE: NWS) and GM of Scout Media left to Liberty Sports Group, the newly formed subsidiary of Liberty Media. Crumb’s replacement at FIM was Jeff Husvar, who was promoted to SVP-Operations of Fox Sports Interactive from VP-business operations, and added the title of Scout GM.

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At Polaris, Grey will provide “strategic guidance to Polaris’ digital media and consumer products and services portfolio companies, mentor entrepreneurs and help identify new investment opportunities,” the firm said. Prior to Fox, Grey served as GM of Yahoo Sports and had served as VP of business development at Shutterfly. More details in release.

According to FIM spokesperson, in the short term many of Grey’s duties will be taken on by existing members of the exec team within Foxsports.com, including Husvar.