With splashy logo reveal, the XFL steals some of the NFL’s thunder

Welcome to 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. Imagine Dragons    The XFL this week took the wraps off the names and logos of its eight franchises, and while the spring football league faces the usual obstacles to success, the hype videos that teed up the reveals had people talking about Vince McMahon’s reboot. More to the point, football fans were gabbing about the XFL just two weeks before the 2019 NFL season is set to kick off in Chicago. That’s something. If you missed Wednesday’s unveiling, you can check out the whole shooting match here. While the team branding suffers from the usual shock of unrecognition that comes with an off-the-shelf sports league—the monikers give off the same glitchy parallel-universe vibe the Washington Sentinels and Dallas Ropers threw off in “The Replacements” (and the latter always made us think of Norman Fell)—the XFL’s video treatment is pretty damn spiffy. Watch that St. Louis Battlehawks clip (“Their mission: create chaos... Their mandate: win at all costs”) and tell us you don’t want to fight a bird with a giant sword or join the Air Force. The three greatest XFL logos by far are: a) the DC Defenders badge, which whether intentional or not, serves a visual callback to the first Bad Brains record; b) the New York Guardians gargoyle, which is basically a... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-23 19:19:00 UTC ]
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With splashy logo reveal, the XFL steals some of the NFL’s thunder

Welcome to 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. Imagine Dragons    The XFL this week took the wraps off the names... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-23 19:19:00 UTC ]
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Take-Two’s lawyers think Remedy’s new R logo is too similar to Rockstar’s R logo

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How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You’re Not In Real Life

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “If Only” by Vigdis Hjorth

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Cover Reveal: Lucas Mann’s ‘Attachments’

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Emma Copley Eisenberg’s “Housemates”

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Pretty” by KB Brookins

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What can we learn from Netflix’s biggest viewership data reveal ever?

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News Corp agreed to pay Bruce Lehrmann $295,000 to settle defamation claim, court documents reveal

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Loose of Earth” by Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn

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German publisher halts sale of top author’s books after leak reveals he received €600,000 from Putin ally

Broadcaster NDR launches investigation after Hubert Seipel admits receiving support for work on two books on Russian leaderA German publisher has announced a stop to the sale of books authored by a leading journalist and Russia expert after an investigation showed he had received at least... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-11-15 14:31:23 UTC ]
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Netflix's new 3 Body Problem trailer reveals a delay to March 2024

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'Goosebumps' Author R.L. Stine Reveals His Favorite Scary Books

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Britney Spears Reveals The Heartbreaking Reason She Shaved Her Head In 2007

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Cover Reveal: See the cover for Greg Wrenn’s memoir Mothership.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn’s memoir, Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis forthcoming from Regalo Press. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-30 14:30:33 UTC ]
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Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘deeply personal and revealing’ autobiography to be published in 2025

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Perusing Pets: A Reading List of Books Where Animal Companions Steal the Show

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