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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
There is certainly continued angst amongst those making a living in media these days. ESPN and Sports Illustrated layoffs, sites rolling up, newspapers well…that we know. Then there are new offerings like Oath and Stadium and the continued watching of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. We still have Bleacher Report and others humming along and …
For years there has been talk, and many false starts, on the need for spring professional football. The Arena League had its moment in the sun and is still trying to hold in in a different form, the WLAF came and went, the UFL made an announcement about a spring league before going belly up, …
As one goes through the sports calendar it is always interesting to note what the opportunities are that can still be “owned” or created by brands or teams. While the biggest days to still grab are those around the MLB All-Star Game next week, it is noteworthy that no one really has grabbed the opportunity …
Thirty years ago, July 1, 1987, I was in my office at SportsChannel in Woodbury, N.Y. (where I was Assistant Director for Marketing and Public Relations) with a group of people listening to a new venture in sport, all-sports radio. Just after 3:00, the signal at 1050 AM changed from WHN, a country station which …
Many times brands fall into the trap of trying to shout too loud, and in doing so, they stray off course trying to find a consumer base that may or may not be right for them in a hyper competitive marketplace. It is easy to try and be many things to many people; it is …
Brands are always trying to find new areas of engagement in the crowded world of team sports. What’s the investment, what’s the ROI and more importantly how can we grow the investment we have already made by annexing new territory or opportunities. One of the more unique niche engagements around title time is the partnership …
Saving lives through awareness and prevention one test at a time has been the dogged push for over twenty years for veteran MLB personality Ed Randall. A prostate cancer survivor, his “Fans For The Cure” Foundation has worked independently from an official designation for Major League Baseball for years raising funds and awareness for prostate …
This past week the world lost one of its great storytellers in Frank Deford. I had come to know Frank several times over the years, most notably when he, I, Bud Collins and a few others sat in the lunchroom at Wimbledon when both were there for HBO, and we listened to them talk about …
Gary Kleinman is the CEO is the CEO of a WHAM a truly unique and engaging streaming platform that will be all things gaming when it launches later this spring. Kleinman has created, managed and activated sound experiential marketing campaigns for Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros, PBS/WGBH, MLB, AEG Sports and others. Whether it was …
Unless you are a diehard fan, watching three days of the NFL Draft live or on TV can be monotonous, even, as a friend who works for team pointed out, ‘the glitz of day one is for show, the next two days are when we make our dough.” With fewer players attending, the ability for …