Sports media is going direct to consumer—and Copa90 wants to be the Glossier of soccer

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 France for Olympique Lyon, has refused to suit up for Norway since 2017 over how women’s soccer is treated in her home country, not just in pay but training facilities, travel, and more. The 23-year-old star was obviously missed at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, but she did make it to France, playing at the Copa90 clubhouse in Paris during the tournament.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2019-07-20 07:00:27 UTC ]
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Vice UK staff unionise and urge other online media to follow suit

Move comes after four months of discussions and previous attempt three years agoVice UK has become one of the first British digital media publications to unionise, with staff urging other online-only media outlets to follow their lead while the industry is in turmoil amid financial struggles and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-07-25 17:53:06 UTC ]
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Why Active Interest Media Salvaged 14 Titles From the F+W Bankruptcy

After F+W Media filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and auctioned off its portfolio of 50 magazines earlier this year, Active Interest Media’s Cruz Bay Publishing placed the winning bids for 14 total brands across the Woodworking, Writing, Horticulture and Collectibles Groups, in order... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-23 18:09:05 UTC ]
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RB Media Launches New Politics Imprint, Kalorama

Independent audiobook publisher RB Media is redoubling its politics and current events publishing with the creation of a new imprint, Kalorama Audio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Houston Chronicle Launches Magazine Delivery with Doorfront Direct

The Houston Chronicle, Texas’ largest daily newspaper and a part of Hearst Newspapers, has begun magazine delivery through Doorfront Direct, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-19 15:06:44 UTC ]
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Separation of Church and State Is (Mostly) Dead in Media, Execs Say

The age-old sacred barrier that once separated media companies' editorial and sales teams has all but disappeared in the age of branded content and marketing services—and that isn't necessarily a bad thing, a panel of media-company CEOs suggested at a recent Folio:-hosted roundtable in New... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-18 17:39:35 UTC ]
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F+W Media's UK books business sold in management buyout

F&W Media International is acquiring the UK books business of parent firm F+W Media Inc in a management buyout, forming a new company called David and Charles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 01:11:47 UTC ]
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HuffPost UK falls in line with 'premium' Verizon Media strategy after axing blogs

News publisher has departed from beginnings as a 'blogging-for-all' platform under Arianna Huffington. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2019-07-17 08:32:08 UTC ]
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Procter & Gamble, a U.S. soccer sponsor, backs the women’s team's fight for equal pay: Monday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today Procter & Gamble’s Secret deodorant brand, an official sponsor of U.S.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-15 10:00:00 UTC ]
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With sports, local newspapers try ‘unbundling’ the subscription

Legacy news publishers including McClatchy, Gatehouse and The Dallas Morning News have been adapting their sports-only paid subscription products now that pent-up demand has subsided. The post With sports, local newspapers try ‘unbundling’ the subscription appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-07-09 04:01:38 UTC ]
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Bonnier bags books from Button and Woffinden in motor sport double

Bonnier Books UK has scooped books by Formula One star Jenson Button and speedway world champion Tai Woffinden in a sporting double. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 14:05:40 UTC ]
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AT&T considers selling regional sports networks to slash debt

AT&T Inc. is weighing a sale of its regional sports networks as part of a plan to cut as much as $8 billion in debt by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The four regional networks, which includes rights to teams such as the hockey’s Pittsburgh Penguins,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-02 19:54:11 UTC ]
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This Social Marketing Platform Is on Pace to Become the Largest Sports Content Publisher by Year-End

A project started by two former University of Nebraska football teammates to help a fellow Cornhusker who made it to the National Football League has evolved into a robust athlete social-marketing platform that has raised $9.5 million since being established in 2012. Opendorse recently closed a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-06-27 14:00:59 UTC ]
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Someone accused the US president of rape. The media shrugged | Arwa Mahdawi

Why the relative quiet around E Jean Carroll’s allegation? Is it sexism? Outrage fatigue? Journalistic cowardice? All of the above?Donald Trump once boasted he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone without losing any votes. While this thesis hasn’t been tested – yet – I... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 06:00:14 UTC ]
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Australian media unite to demand government change laws after AFP raids

ABC, News Corp and Nine call for legislation to protect journalists and whistleblowers, saying a free press must be ‘entrenched in law’Media executives have united to call on the government to amend a range of laws to protect journalists and whistleblowers after a series of widely condemned... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 01:54:18 UTC ]
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Total UK publishing revenues down 2% in 2018; consumer book market stable

UK publishing industry revenues overall stood at £6.05bn in 2018, down 2% on the £6.15bn revenue of the previous year, according to the PA Publishing Yearbook 2018, just released.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 05:53:24 UTC ]
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Is YA Twitter as toxic as mainstream media suggests?

Responding to the Guardian’s piece on “toxic” YA culture, Chelsey Pippin argues that the online YA community’s sensitivity and nuance is being underplayed.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-19 13:22:25 UTC ]
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Digital Publishing: To Stop Misinformation From Spreading, Journalists Shouldn’t Fall Down the Social Media Rabbit Hole

By this point, the phrase “fake news” has become as ubiquitous in newsrooms as “election night pizza.” It’s a term Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-19 07:00:42 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed News Is Part of a Union Wave at Digital Media Outlets

The site’s journalists took part in an IRL protest after a series of tweets criticized the company’s refusal to recognize their affiliation with the News Guild. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-06-18 22:31:39 UTC ]
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Marketers, publishers and platforms announce a global alliance for 'responsible media'

Big media players like Unilever and Procter & Gamble Co. have been talking plenty about making media more responsible. Now they’re getting more people to talk. The marketers are launching the Global Alliance for Responsible Media alongside 14 other global advertisers, the five leading agency... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-18 04:01:00 UTC ]
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F+W Media Reveals Winning Bidders at Bankruptcy Auction

Special interest magazine publisher F+W Media is due back in Delaware bankruptcy court Monday afternoon, where the company is expected to present the winning bidders emerging from an auction of its remaining media assets, the latest step in a process that began when the company filed for... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-06-17 16:16:56 UTC ]
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