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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We use the word iconic sometimes like we do the word hello. At every turn it’s too easy a word to throw around, when in reality must things we refer to as Iconic are not really worthy of that high level of praise or individuality. Icons should be rare air for all of us. That being …
There is always a feeling the competition stirs the competitive juices in the bets of businesses…adjust, or fail, or even worse, be swallowed up by the disruptor. We have seen this constantly in sports when expansion comes along, or a challenger league steps up to fill what they see as a need to force the …
We started our tenth year for our podcast at Columbia with a pair of business leaders who bring big thinking, varied knowledge, deep entrepreneurial roots, and a great understanding pf people to everything they do. One…Howard Handler, is one of the most respected individuals in sports, music and entertainment, having worked across a myriad of …
When talking with several executives this week about the launch of new leagues this month in volleyball, basketball, and golf, as well as all the niche sports vying for coverage and the mainstays we keep defaulting back to, one question kept coming up…who is the audience, and more importantly what’s the reason you are giving …
This past week I spent time in Milwaukee, Green Bay and back here in New York, even going to the Rangers-Devils game at MSG Thursday night. All of those teams are reflections of their community and have spent years weaving themselves into the fabric of their cities and towns. It is such a key part …
In 2007, when my colleague John Genzale asked me to come up with a class on communications for a fledgling program that had just launched at Columbia in the School of Professional Studies AND did I want to write a book about the topic, I laughed. I had taken a stab at teaching at NYU…a …
Did anyone lose the NBA vs. NFL numbers scramble on Christmas Day? Unless you count the people who do not have the financial wherewithal to subscribe to Neflix (remember that all the NBA games were not on what used to be known as a “cable” network…ESPN…they were on a good old fashioned broadcast channel, ABC) …
Tom Richardson and I have been doing our sports business podcast at Columbia for nine years and have over 400 episodes logged, with the able assistance of a legion of student producers and the welcomed addition of cohosts Scott Rosner and LJ Holmgren over the years. We think that makes us the second longest running …
The concept of “Sportfashion”…what athletes and coaches wear coming off the bus, going home, in warmups etc and how it ties to popular culture has never been stronger, and that includes footwear. The styling kicks, boots, shoes have always had their place, but when empowered by the big lens of media, traditional and social, and …
Hope this middle of November is treating you well. Some solid listens on Olympic glory, leadership tips running big organizations, and a solid update on the legal ramifications of everything from NIL to foreign investment in American sport. As always you can listen to all our episodes here. No LAX of interest in lacrosse: We …
