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Facebook has taken some hits recently for privacy issues, spamming, fake news and the like, but some of its tools, including, yes, birthdays, and memories, still hold great value to me. Especially memories, and this year has been quite a year of memories and milestones the last four months. On this Friday, the last of …
“We are all in the storytelling business – whether we are creating a compelling story or pitching it… we all have platforms now, the athletes have platforms, and that first person perspective is very powerful.” –NBA Executive Vice President of Communications Mike Bass So it was on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Times Square, with …
Last week an article appeared that the University of Akron was dropping almost 80 degree programs and would be adding “esports” to the curriculum as both a competitive endeavor and as a general student activity. That announcement was followed by the grand finale of the first NBA 2K season, and sadly, with the tragedy …
A brief digression from best practices of others for a moment. As you may know at Columbia we do a summer high school class for 42 kids from around the world who want to learn about sports business. This year, for the first time, we copied a policy that the B School and some of …
Over the years I have become less of a saver of things, thanks, to my wife Laura. Going through and jettisoning “stuff,” physical and mental, is not just a way to create areas for new “stuff,” it serves as a thought starter for what’s important, and who and what you meet and experience along the …
It’s not easy being minor league in a major city. Then again if you are the disruptive leaders of the New York Penn League’s Brooklyn Cyclones, there is little minor league about the experience, except for the cost of admission and family fun. A recent trip to MCU Park in Coney Island served as a …
The following recently ran on Portada… The best news coming out of World Cup for sports business in the United States was the aggregate power of Latino activation that played out across broadcast numbers, social engagement and brand activation. The ROI from all who looked to the Latino demo, from millennials and Spanish-first speakers to …
Sometimes you find great stories, and opportunity, in the strangest places. Case in point, while on vacation in Alaska at Denali National Park a few weeks ago we came across a very unique branded water. Its packaging was unique, its sustainable message was very clear; its reusability was very handy. It wasn’t Evian, or Poland …
One of the biggest challenges and opportunities in sports media and technology in the coming years will revolve around consumer data and tracking. Who has it, what do they have, how is it being used, when will it be used, how secure is it, can it be monetized and when…are all very legitimate questions not …
Our recent trip to Alaska was an eye opener for many reasons, not the least of which was the wonder and vastness that America still has to offer people from the lower 48. It is also still a place of great entrepreneurial spirit and probably opportunity for the hardy who can deal with the challenges …