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We raise the question as a thought starter in class quite often. Who is the media? The initial responses are the ones one would expect…newspapers, CNN, Bleacher Report, NPR etc. etc.… Then we talk about the ability to self-story tell, the rise of social media and citizen journalism, the ability to create and enhance a narrative …
“Time is what we want the most and use the worst.” -William Penn Often we are asked what we do for money or what we just “do.” The newsletter, this website, our Podcast, LinkedIn, Twitter etc…does someone pay you for everything? No. Much of what I do that is public facing has little to do with money, …
It’s not easy to spend little money and get high visibility in a closely watched professional sports broadcast, but kudos to Paramount for scoring a viral success for their recent horror release “Smile.” “Smile” stars Sosie Bacon as a psychiatrist haunted by an eerie presence, one which does all kinds of horrific things to victims …
While we try to keep an eye on the future while being in the present, it is nice to lean forward and see opportunities yet to move into the sports. Media and entertainment world that are bubbling up elsewhere, and as they become opportunities to marshal profit and engagement, could soon make the jump. Two …
As fall rolls in, our summer intern Noah Zaret keeps hammering out our podcast notes, this week featuring to recent and very timely ones; one of the growing value of entrepreneurship in the sports space, the other on the expanding world of sustainability. You can hear all our podcasts here as well. Jennifer Rottenberg On …
The quest to be a curious learner took us last weekend to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, a treasure trove of tidbits about the great game which made a visit even for the casual fan so worthwhile. We of course were more than the casual fan, as well as lovers of history, so …
We know the argument. Baseball is slow, it’s your fathers and mother’s game, millennials don’t want to watch and on and on and on. However as we marked the 20th anniversary of MLB leading the foray into the streaming the business, there is an argument to be had that baseball may be having tis most …
The collectable industry continues to grow, while the digital collectible space, largely driven by NFT’s also continues to evolve. Is there a path to having the tangible and the digital work in harmony to give value to all? Here is one startup that combines the digital space with hard goods…in this case, sneakers. Last week …
This week my nieces Caroline and Brigid will come to Long Beach Island for a few days, and it reminded me of a great lesson they brought to light a few years ago, when they were five. It always serves as valuable as we close in on the school year. They were being asked some …
On the last Friday of July for a few hours we went fishing in Atlantic City. Not out in the water, but at the Atlantic City Convention Center. We went to check out the National Sports Collectors Convention, a massive treasure trove of memorabilia new, unique and pretty much what you would expect. So what …