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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Publishers and booksellers worked together to secure an exemption from the EU's late payment legislation, a decision that protects the publishing's unique business model. The post World Book Day: EU to Exclude Book Industry from Late Payment Regulations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-23 23:25:00 UTC ]
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Davis, her husband Julius Tennon, and publisher Lavaille Lavette are launching JVL Media, a new publisher and packager focused on diverse and underrepresented voices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Several brands have made public commitments to shift their budgets to purpose-driven advertising and allocate spend to companies owned by and reaching underrepresented populations or focusing on industry causes. However, given the complexity of the digital media... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-04-17 20:25:31 UTC ]
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Fanatics plans to premiere the centerpiece of its new events division with a flagship sports festival in August.The company is looking to replicate the success of New York Comic Con, the annual fan convention centered around comic book culture, in the sports sector with Fanatics Fest NYC. The... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-04-16 16:33:03 UTC ]
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A far-right international media company with connections to China's Falun Gong religious movement is expanding its Chelsea footprint, according to recent filings with the city register.New Jersey-based Universal Communications Network — which does business as New Tang Dynasty and operates under... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-04-15 17:48:16 UTC ]
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The former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles, the former Hearst content chief, are being given a minority stake in the digital tabloid. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-04-15 13:00:12 UTC ]
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With Egypt as guest of honor this year, Abu Dhabi International Book Fair has named the late Naguib Mahfouz is 'focus personality.' The post Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Outlines Early Details appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-03 18:55:02 UTC ]
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More than 200 members of the Women's Media Group celebrated its 50th anniversary at a March 25 gala at the New-York Historical Society. Marie Dutton Brown, Mary McAveney, We Need Diverse Books, and the Brooklyn Public Library were among the night's honorees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Metro Detroit billionaire businessman Manoj Bhargava faces a lawsuit tied to his ongoing takeover bid of the former publisher of Sports Illustrated magazine.The lawsuit, filed last week in California in a Los Angeles County court, is brought by Ross Levinsohn, a veteran media executive and the... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-03-28 20:07:35 UTC ]
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Four years since the start of the pandemic, most large digital publishers still have hybrid working models. Is this the new normal? Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2024-03-22 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Months after mass layoffs threatened its future, Sports Illustrated will resume publishing after its owner reached a new rights deal with digital media company Minute Media. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2024-03-18 17:12:26 UTC ]
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There's another jumbo-sized Amazon sale on the way. The Big Spring Sale, as it's called, will run from March 20 to March 25 and include a variety of discounts on "seasonally relevant items." This doesn't look to be another Prime Day situation, however; Amazon says most of the offers will be... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-03-15 16:15:34 UTC ]
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Its operators made a newsroom announcement, but the outcome is uncertain since the owner has signaled it wants the magazine to endure. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-03-14 21:44:26 UTC ]
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Lawsuit filed by publishers including Axel Springer allege Google ‘abused its dominant position’ in digital ad-techAlphabet’s Google was hit with a €2.1bn ($2.3bn) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-02-28 19:24:36 UTC ]
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Watkins Media’s head of marketing says that its unique titles, which span many categories—including the occult several countercultures—are finding success in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Let’s once again put that cost in perspective and take a look at what $7 million can afford a buyer elsewhere elsewhere in the media landscape. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2024-02-06 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Zibby Media has invested heavily in a traditional means of promoting books: live events. The company has hosted a range of splashy gatherings across the country to bring its readers together, and later this month, founder Zibby Owens will embark on a 24-state tour to promote her debut novel,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child exploitation online. During the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Jason Citron, Linda Yaccarino and Shou Chew spent nearly four hours being grilled by lawmakers about their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-02-01 13:31:01 UTC ]
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Digital media company G/O Media is shopping around its portfolio of editorial assets in hopes of securing buyers for individual titles, part of a broader effort to divest the properties ahead of another challenging year for the media industry, according to four people... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-01-24 09:52:22 UTC ]
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More titles, publishers, and services led to record revenue in 2023 at the digital marketing company, said CEO David Steinberger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
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