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November 8 was STEM Awareness Day, and it served as a great reminder to how closely linked all areas of science, especially analytics, are tied to all levels of sport. Years ago when I was with the Knicks, star forward Kurt Thomas came to the community relations team with an idea; he had been screwed …
There are many times when activists around PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) go too far…splashing people wearing fur coats with animal blood and the like. However, one thing that the organization is great at is finding its way into a narrative to drive conversations that they would not normally be involved in. …
There was a time not too long ago when many thought that audio as a medium was almost dead. We live in a video world, we need to see things, no one has time to sit by a radio… Then along came Siri and Alexa, podcasting, and Itunes and digital audio and Sirius/XM and I …
Quite the week of listening and learning on screen, and yes, in person (twice) this past week. Thursday night in New York we had a chance to be up close (literally front table) to listen to a POV and best practices from several key dealmakers we don’t often here speak so candidly, including Redbird’s Gerry …
The NFL is having a landmark year, and deservedly so. From recornd last second field goals, to New York having a pair of OT wins on a Sunday to Brady’s return, the headlines keep coming. And we hope the NBA, MLB and the NHL and MLS and on and on keep oushing all their own …
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 …
There is so much continued talk about streaming and the value of personalized channels can bring to hand casual and diehards a point of view as to how they want to engage in the live coverage of their favorite sporting events. We keep seeing the expansion of Twitch (now with as many as 20 channels being …
Three patches, three stories, that was the message this past week as the Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers and Washington Capitals all found a niche in breaking some new, and additional, ground for brands looking to engage with teams at the big five leagues in North America. On the historic side, you had the Capitals, who …
We have written a few times about the continued evolution of the Megacast and what media properties, especially Turner and ESPN, but Nickelodeon as well have done with let’s call it “alternative engagement” of consumers who are not really a core audience sometimes, as we pivot in and away from the traditional, now archaic, systems …
“I’m not in this for the art … I want to make money.” I thought of this quote from Triller’s Ryan Kavanaugh this weekend (Note: I have no stake in the Triller Fight Club strategy, but did help out with their first event of the year at Mercedes Benz Stadium) which was in a story …