Speed reads

  • SBJ’s Austin Karp, Josh Carpenter and Rob Schaeffer share their takeaways from this week’s upfront presentations, where sports play a larger (though not quite yet dominant) role than ever before.
  • Less than a year into college sports’ revenue-sharing era, leaders within the ACC and across the Power Four are already weighing the need to come up with better ways to prevent schools from circumventing the $20.5 million cap, reports SBJ’s Ben Portnoy.
  • The WTA on Friday debuted the first episode of a fashion-focused short-form content series called “Style Unpacked” on its YouTube channel, notes SBJ’s Rob Schaefer.
  • In this week’s Audience Analysis, Karp reports the NBA Draft Lottery set a record with ABC drawing 2.3 million viewers, up 23% from last year.
  • In this week’s Talent Pool agency roundup, SBJ’s Irving Mejia-Hilario notes that Jazz G/F Ace Bailey switched his representation to Klutch Sports, where he will be represented by Rich Paul.


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