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It’s November, which in the fundraising world again means “Movember.” Originally launched in Australia, the theme for “Movember” is to get primarily men (although women can help out with a fake one) to grow a mustache or not shave for the 30 days of the month of November, and then gain dollars through pledges for …
There continues to be such hype and talk in sports, team sports in the US, about second screen usage, OTT, added content, driving engaged viewers to engage in conversations around the live event. However at the same time brands and networks are still tied to the ever shrinking and elusive rating as the benchmark for …
When you are a mid-major school you should always look to be disruptive and fast and unique when it comes to partnerships. While it is always great to be part of bigger national deals while also taking care of the hyper local ones, what are the categories that can fulfill a need and maybe generate …
Sometimes it seems like the changes come first up north. In 2003 the Toronto Maple Leafs shocked the sports and media world by breaking news on their website first about the firing of a coach. The amount of coverage the team received by bypassing the traditional set off alarms across the media landscape. Alarms for …
When the NBA first announced they would go the patch route, there was a lot of speculation over the who and the what and the how on the program. Added value to big partners? Brands buying in on multiple teams? Maybe one national sponsor? Would anyone take the bait and at what price? As we …
Monday morning I had dropped my son off at Newark Penn Station as he headed back for classes at Drexel University, and while scanning the dial I caught the rebroadcast of Frank Isola’s interview on Sirius NBA Radio with Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson. By all accounts there is probably no one better liked …
On Tuesday came the news that Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire philanthropist, entrepreneur and president of the Emerson Collective, was buying a significant stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the $2.5 billion business that includes the NBA Washington Wizards, NHL Capitals, WNBA Mystics, two AFL teams and Capital One Arena among other pieces. The investment, once …
It’s back to school season, and that means for many a renewed interest in the business of college sports. One that many will be watching, albeit still quizzically, is the rise of esports and gaming on college campuses, not as much as recreation (where it has been for decades) but as an intercollegiate activity of …
For those who don’t know, pro basketball has actually been back on Long Island since the Nets moved to the Barclays Center. Brooklyn does reside on the western end of one of the most populous and engaged bodies of land not part of the mainland US. However last year, a team with its sights a …
As we wrote last week, one of the great gifts we continue to have and share is the ability to learn through teaching; and I am blessed to again be coming back to Columbia this fall for what will be my 11th straight year on campus. That is augmented by our summer high school program, …