Closing Bell

Thursday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Scoring A TD

  • TD Ameritrade Becomes NFL Sponsor In Three-Year Agreement
  • Google Breaking New TV Ad During Tonight's NFL Game On NBC
  • NFL Hires IMG For Asian Media Rights Sales For Next Three Years
  • Big East Starting Digital Network To Be Distributed Via Fox Sports

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  IMG Hires Former ESPN Exec Mark Shapiro To Fill New Chief Content Officer Position

2) NFL Approves New Documentary Shows For NFL Now OTT Service

3) With Lack Of Top Players, Patrick McEnroe Out As Head Of USTA Player Development

4) DC Group Trying To Land '24 Olympics Unveils Website, Announces Board Members

5) Stats LLC Purchases Rival Analytics Outfit Bloomberg Sports

The Daily's Hot Reads....

ESPNW.com presents a "SportsNation W Debate" on the question, " Does the NFL's domestic violence stance change your feelings about the game? " On the "No" side, Melissa Isaacson writes, "If I allowed bad behavior and bad policies to affect my ability to enjoy a sport, Ty Cobb would have precluded any interest I'd have in baseball." Michelle Smith goes with a "qualified yes." Smith: "It's time to see how these new rules will be applied. … But the conversation has moved in the right direction" ( ESPNW.com ).

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See the Hot Reads section for more sports business-related links.

Headliners....

Here are tonight’s headline guests on the following talk shows:

“Late Show” Steve Buscemi
“Tonight Show” Larry David
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” Sarah Silverman
“Late Late Show” Rachael Ray
“Late Night”  Heidi Klum
“Conan” Chris Hardwick

Notes & Quotes From This Day In SBD History....

2003

"It seems the sideline reporter has become an ornament. It's more about your body than your body of work" – CBS sideline reporter Armen Keteyian , frustrated over Fox' hiring of former NFLer Tony Siragusa .

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