Thursday 4:00pm ET....Latest News....Carnival Atmosphere

• Carnival To Run Its First Super Bowl Ad, Let Consumers Vote

• OKC Barons, Oilers' AHL Affiliate, Ceasing Operations In '15

• FIFA Meeting To Decide Whether To Release Garcia Report

• NFL, USA Network Partner For New "Characters Unite" Documentary

The Daily's Hot Reads....

SI's Jon Wertheim writes of TV services eventually going a la carte: "Sports will be a major player. … It's fair to assert, as [BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield ] does, that 'sports drive media'; that this valuable live programming that attracts large audiences at exactly the same time is a critical player in the future " ( SI.com ).

Also:  

• Michigan should do whatever it takes to land Jim Harbaugh.

• NHL looks likely to be first major league with Las Vegas team.

• Georgia AD Greg McGarity sits for football-focused Q&A.

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

The Starting Five....

The most-read stories today on SportsBusinessDaily.com:

1)  Profile Of Yahoo's Wojnarowski Alleges Improper Sourcing, Cites Dumars As Example

2)  NHL Winter Classic Seems To Be Lacking Buzz As Epix' Documentary Series Begins

3)  Rams To L.A. Unlikely For '15, While Local Task Force To Soon Issue Stadium Update

4)  Constellation Energy Inks NHL Deal, Making The League First "Carbon-Neutral" Property

5)  President Obama's Decision On Cuba-U.S. Relations Could Have Big Impact On MLB

Headliners....

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

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

2006

"Teams aren’t going to go down the tubes if we don’t do something tomorrow. But we need more than a band-aid" – Jazz Owner Larry Miller , on the need for revenue sharing in the NBA .