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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
One of the areas where we learn the most is from listening to the storytellers and the trusted advisors, be they people involved with entertainment, sports, politics, media, brands, cause marketing etc. We recently caught up with a longtime friend, Vernon Cheek, who is now VP of Media Relations at FOX Sports, to get his …
In a continuingly unique year like no other, this week we seem to be getting a forward-looking sense of maybe a bit more normalcy ahead. First MLB announced their rules for the season, adapting some of the changes made from last year’s Pandemic shortened season, and since we now know when Spring Training, and hopefully …
Incredible (and incredibly frustrating) as it is, some sports are now entering their second season during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re able to carry on by being innovative, marrying self-discipline and respect for the health protocols among athlete participants and staff, and creating new league structures. The NHL, which again returned to competition on January 13, …
The NFL was the first amongst the major North American sports leagues to cut a deal with Amazon, three seasons ago giving Amazon Prime the rights to stream Thursday Night Football. The league has used the partnership to try a few things here and there, including having Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm become the first …
Sports bars – even backed by leagues and networks – aren’t always a license to pour beer, serve wings, and print money. Just ask ESPN and NASCAR, following failed efforts. For those operating a sports bar during coronavirus, good luck. While single-snapshot national data is hard to come by, it is estimated up to one …
Monday night ESPN offered up another version of the Megacast, this one not with coaches film rooms and alternate voices calling games like they have for the College Football Championship. It was a running dialogue about the game and a wide variety of sports luminaries, from Dabo Swinney and Charles Barkley to Kenny Chesney and …
One of the first questions we ask when we start class is “Who is the media?” Usually the first answers are the ones you would expect…reporters, bloggers, podcasters, etc. etc.…and then usually someone comes up with the real answer…any one a device that can transmit information to an audience… In short…you, or anyone else with …
I subscribe to Religion of Sports, but sometimes I have trouble figuring out what it is supposed to be. There is a newsletter which has promoted original content and at one time linked to other current and classic versions of storytelling. There was the self-produced Tom vs. Time short docuseries the company did for Facebook …
As we move into August of this summer like no other, those in the know continue to look at the disruptive change that keeps evolving in the sports business landscape. Where will streaming be going; what jobs are being created, how will the workforce shift; how is fan engagement changing, where do media dollars go …
For anyone who thinks that NASCAR’s announcement to ban the Confederate Flag was a knee jerk reaction to all the recent protesting, think again. It was the latest, and boldest, step by the circuit over a series of years to address and promote inclusivity not just in the sport, but to a wider audience that …