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We are not a huge fan of lists, especially since most, the biggest and brightest, the 40 under this the 25 best here, are pretty arbitrary and many times do more harm then good by those assembling because inevitably some are left off, and frankly, some get on that are there more for popularity and …
This past week the world lost one of its great storytellers in Frank Deford. I had come to know Frank several times over the years, most notably when he, I, Bud Collins and a few others sat in the lunchroom at Wimbledon when both were there for HBO, and we listened to them talk about …
While every professional sport correctly says it is “nothing without the fans,” there’s another critical component for success and longevity: the development, health and happiness of the athletes thrilling those fans. UFC, now under the WME | IMG umbrella, is redoubling efforts to take care of its vital and growing talent base. This was demonstrated …
It’s not new globally but it is simple, easy to engage and not hard to understand. Will Red Nose Day, May 25, make it to success on this side of the pond as it has for 30 years in the UK? For those who have not seen the ads or watched the promotions especially across …
Everyone has a favorite moment they have seen in person or witnessed on any media platform. But what about those moments through the eyes of those who were covering, or calling those great points of immortality? In I Was There!, compiled by industry insider Eric Mirlis, sixty-five of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and …
We are continuing to live more and more in the world of cord cutting, cord shaving, niche marketing and storytelling and brand control. With each passing day the power to aggregate an audience, control or amplify a message or tell a story shifts from massive platforms to those which have a direct purpose. Some of …
There has been much made of the sexiness and growth of eSports, and with the growth and buzz comes considerable debate. When you are working in the mainstream billion dollar business of sports globally, where exactly does eSports fit? Fad, phenomenon, surrogate business, parallel opportunity, engagement tool, nuisance; all of those listed, none of those …
When Bonner Bolton, a 29-year-old bull rider from Texas, hits the floor Monday night for the season premiere of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, he’ll be the latest swashbuckling cowboy helping to move Professional Bull Riders (PBR) into the mainstream. Drawing on new marketing resources from WME | IMG, which acquired the league in April, …
Columbia student Matt Walker was on the ground for our program at the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference this past weekend in Boston, Mass. Here is a summary on what he and others learned… CEO Casey Wasserman (Wasserman Media Group) set the scene in the opening panel of the weekend, “Use data as an equalizer. …
I admit it, I love reading AARP Magazine. It has the largest circulation of any publication in North America, yet people snicker. Not an edition goes by where I am not learning something from those older: Christopher Walken and Bruce Springsteen, Morgan Freeman and Christie Brinkley. On and on and on. Smart short, sensible points …