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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
It’s that time of year for sports fans in New York. No, not NFL Playoff time sadly, it’s the weekend when the PBR arrives at MSG. There are few sports promotions that find their way into what some may see as misfit as the PBR does when it comes to New York. If you watched …
Daytona is still in the distance, Indy car is re-jigging, Formula E is looking for its niche, and under Chase Carey Formula 1 is pushing to find its new, young, engaged roots. Oh and in most of the US it’s cold. Still in basements across America, fathers and mothers and sons are honing a block …
Broadcast ads are typically longer than 15 seconds, but as viewing shifts online, where people are skipping or blocking ads, advertisers and media companies have experimented with new ad formats and strategies. This has even come up more and more in live sports, which for years many saw as DVR proof. However now as we …
On the first weekend of summer in New York you come across two events honoring players of the far and recent past; Yankees Old Timers Day and the Launch of Big Three, the new three on three basketball touring that is the brainchild of Ice Cube and features not current or rising but former NBA …
Now that the air has cleared about the Super Bowl and it’s slightly down ratings, record-breaking streams, unworldly comeback and the first-ever use of drones in a halftime show, some other thoughts and numbers to consider. eSports In The Mix, Kinda: While there were gaming commercials that made it into the game again this year, …
I have no stake in this game, other than the ongoing support for my friend and colleague Dan Lauria, who I have worked with on three projects, “Lombardi,” “Dinner with the Boys,” and “A Christmas Story,” and my ongoing strong interest in the crossover space that exists between Hollywood and sport. So when I tuned …
