Welcome to a special calamity edition of Ad Age Sports Media Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast / cable / streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. Welp Perhaps the primary function of sports, that timorous hive of superstition, is to serve as a reminder that things can go wrong, and disastrously so. Surrendering to optimism is an invitation for chthonic forces to start doling out a whole lot of emotional rump puntings; disaster is the reward for feeling a little too chipper about your team’s prospects. On Thursday night, possibly because somebody somewhere woke up on the right side of the serotonergic bed, the Furies played a few spirited rounds of tetherball with the hearts of sports fans, advertisers and network sales execs. Calamity struck first in Denver, when Chiefs signal caller and the NFL’s reigning MVP, Patrick Mahomes, dislocated his right kneecap while running a quarterback sneak. As the league’s most dynamic young star lay on the turf at Empower Field, a team trainer popped the patella back into place as if he were realigning a stray Lego brick. A few hours later and more than halfway across the country, New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia exited Game 4 of the American League Championship Series after his shoulder appeared to give out in the midst of a bases-loaded jam. Hoping to remain on the mound for at least as long as it would take to try and retire the... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-18 21:21:01 UTC ]
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Welcome to a special calamity edition of Ad Age Sports Media Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast / cable / streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. Welp Perhaps the primary function of sports, that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-18 21:21:01 UTC ]
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‘Salvador Late or Early’ is a short story in Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, a 1991 collection of short stories by the American writer Sandra Cisneros (born 1954). The story – which lacks a conventional plot and is more of a character study – briefly describes the life of […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-11-25 15:00:30 UTC ]
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For broadcasters Shelley Ware and Rana Hussain, women and people from diverse backgrounds are underrepresentedShelley Ware, an experienced media personality across television and radio and Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman, recently posted to Twitter: “I’ll be honest the lack of diversity in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-10-22 19:00:22 UTC ]
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Yesterday, during the women’s gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Simone Biles, of the USA, lost her bearings while performing a vault, and stumbled as she landed. Soon after, she left the venue, accompanied by a medical official; when she returned, it was only to watch her... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-28 12:41:18 UTC ]
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With most live sports on hold for the past several months, sports media publishers have had to stretch their imaginations to find interesting stories to show and tell. Wave.tv, a digital media company built around working with license holders to repackage archival sports, hopes to invest more in... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-22 14:00:38 UTC ]
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Many digital publishers looking for alternative revenue streams to advertising turn to subscriptions and commerce. But Minute mMedia, home to Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-03-03 18:30:12 UTC ]
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Sports media will rush to embrace gambling in 2020. With sports book operators hungering for new customers in a growing Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-26 16:15:53 UTC ]
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Welcome to the another edition of Ad Age Sports Media Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast/cable/streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. Rock for Light The World Series tonight returns to the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-25 21:12:59 UTC ]
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Welcome to the another edition of Ad Age Sports Media Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast/cable/streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. The Undoing Project One day soon, when we’re living in some... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
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A staff uprising at Sports Illustrated... Following Tuesday's New York Post report that editor-in-chief Chris Stone is exiting Sports Illustrated after 27 years with the magazine, The Wall Street Journal added late Wednesday evening that the brand's new operator, TheMaven Inc., is planning to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-03 20:41:59 UTC ]
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Digital media company Copa90 created clubhouses in Paris and Lyon to give its brand a boost IRL just like physical retail helps D2C startups grow. As the reigning Ballon d’Or winner, Ada Hegerberg is the best female soccer player on the planet. But the Norwegian star, who plays professionally in... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-07-20 07:00:27 UTC ]
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The company that recently bought has found someone to run it: a small media company called Maven. Authentic Brands Group bought Sports Illustrated from publishing giant But in a filing Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-06-18 15:21:07 UTC ]
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Michael Connelly's 'The Late Show' landed at #1 on this week's iBooks bestseller list. Following Connelly was Daniel Silva with 'House of Spies,' and J.P. Delaney with 'The Girl Before' at #3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Live video has caught fire in the U.S., but in the U.K., the trend has less traction. But this is sure to grow. U.K. publishers are experimenting with Facebook Live video across politics, live-event streaming and, most popularly, in sports. The BBC’s "Match of the Day" was first using... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media companies Vox Media and Group Nine Media are planning a merger, people familiar with the matter tell Adweek. The combined company would instantly become one of the largest digital media publishers in the U.S., helping it compete more effectively against the scale of social... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-12-13 22:11:18 UTC ]
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DPS is right around the corner and as more ad revenue sneaks back into the market, publishing execs are looking for new ways to capture as many dollars as they can. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-09-14 04:01:00 UTC ]
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The company claims to reach “over half” of adults across 146 UK towns and cities. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2023-07-12 08:53:16 UTC ]
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Vice Media is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-05-15 11:47:06 UTC ]
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Another summer has come and gone, but the digital media industry looks a little bit different than it did last spring. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-09-08 04:01:00 UTC ]
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In this week’s Media Briefing, senior media reporter Sara Guaglione looks at what Axios's sale to Cox Enterprises signals about the current investment market for media companies. The post Media Briefing: What Axios’ sale says about the valuation of digital media companies appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-08-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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