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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
Every June and July for the past eight years I have had the great honor of teaching and learning from high school students with an interest in sports business. Between our summer program at Columbia, The School of the New York Times, and some other programs like the Manhattan Sports Business Academy, at least parts …
It took a while and we still haven’t seen the hard copy (or the ebook), but we are proud and happy that the third edition of “Sports Publicity” is now out and available. The updates from the the second edition which came out in 2012 are pretty vast, and we have brought a list of …
As we wade through the unchartered waters of business life on hiatus it’s always good to draw from best practices past, especially ones that can help lead you forward. An example as in my basement file cabinet, here I keep the notebooks and legal pads that have spanned the better part of 30 years …
There we were on Radio Row in Miami, one of almost 300 outlets all doing the same thing pretty much; storytelling with audio for almost a full week at the Miami Beach Convention Center. There were the traditional radio outlets, podcasters like The Tony Bruno Show, six college outlets, video setups, streaming posts, even setups …
This past week Ben Cherington was named the General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a great move for a franchise which was on the rise and suddenly lost its way again. Cherington has been a patient builder of organizations and culture wherever he has been, and if the past is a harbinger of the future, …
Penned this for the North American Society For Sports Management (NASSM) last year, all holds true a year later… Much is made about how to navigate the complicated and very fluid professional waters we are in today. As someone who has been at this for over 30 years and has spent the last decade on …
There is certainly an obsession, or fascination at least, around all aspects of TikTok. Several New York Times pieces have gone deeper into the platform, and there is no shortage of stories on how the short content platform tied to music is both dominating the under 16 global audience, and at the same time trying …
A lot of people comment that it seems like I am “everywhere,” when in reality I don’t travel as much as I used to, although being in the New York area has its advantages for quick meetings, coffees and catch ups. One skill that we are always working on, in addition to listening, is time …
This came from two of the smartest people I know, my now five year old (almost six now) nieces Brigid and Caroline. It was a few years ago and they were being asked some question about something that kids should or shouldn’t know about; the color of the sky, naming a planet, how crayons are …
We live in a time of hiding behind emails or text messages, having “Facebook friends,” or “Twitter relationships,” yet the experience of sitting and talking with someone; or even randomly crossing paths with an old, or new, friend or colleague by getting out and about is invaluable. This past week, stops at the Big …