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Sports Media Pod: Kentucky Derby’s big audience; Comcast and Disney’s NFL Network stare down; T’Wolves’ Matthew Caldwell
On this week’s pod, SBJ media reporters Austin Karp and Josh Carpenter saddle up to break down the biggest Kentucky Derby audience since 1983. Then, it’s the latest on a carriage dispute between Disney and Comcast over NFL Network and why Duke basketball made sense for Amazon Prime Video. Finally, M...
What to make of the Duke-Amazon deal
College basketball has drawn its share of headlines over the last few days.
William Blair to acquire Inner Circle Sports
Investment firm William Blair has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire sports, media and entertainment-focused investment bank Inner Circle Sports. Inner Circle Sports will continue to operate with its same name for a period of time post-acquisition. Founded in 2002, Inner Circle Sports ad...
Golden Boy taps Range Sports for media rights consulting
Golden Boy Promotions has signed up Range Sports Media Rights Advisory to help the boxing outfit on media rights for live events, including the creation of new tentpoles. Led by Range Sports co-head of media rights David Sternberg, the agency will also look to help monetize Golden Boy’s library of c...
Rams’ NFL Draft content delivers some of team’s best social numbers yet
The Rams saw a significant spike on social media for the team’s content around this year’s NFL Draft, led by a “Friday” spoof video heading into the event and then posts for Alabama QB Ty Simpson after he was taken in the first round.
USMNT stars front Fox’s ‘Miracle’ FIFA World Cup spot
Fox has launched its campaign around the World Cup, starting with a spot called “Miracle” featuring the USMNT, according to Seth Vertelney of USA TODAY. The ad “envisions the USMNT and Brazil facing off in the final.” USMNT F Christian Pulisic “takes a last-second corner kick, leading to the tournam...
Attanasio, Berman go deep on the value of original sports content
BEVERLY HILLS -- The Milken Global Conference annually attracts some of the finance world’s top power brokers, and this year’s edition has been no exception. In fact, a crowd that included Clearlake Capital co-founder and incoming Padres owner Jose Feliciano sat in on a panel about the future of spo...
The next Donna Brothers? Andie Biancone could be in line for NBC reporting duties
With Donna Brothers announcing last week that the 2026 Preakness on May 16 will be her last on horseback for NBC Sports following a 26-year broadcasting career as the reporter on horseback for the network’s coverage of the Triple Crown races and Breeders’ Cup World Championships, among other major r...
PPA Tour premieres pickleball docuseries ‘Partners’ on Prime Video
The PPA Tour hopes to give pro pickleball its “Drive to Survive” moment with a six-episode docuseries premiering on Prime Video Tuesday.
Nielsen: New co-viewing wearables study shows 4.2% lift to big February TV events
Nielsen rolled out a pilot program in February aimed at improving measurement around co-viewing of big events and the resulting data shows a 4.19% lift to Big Data viewership. Co-viewing is essentially multiple viewers in front of a single screen, and an area of measurement that the NFL (and other l...
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The biggest difference is alignment. Two years ago, different parts of the organization weren’t always pulling in the same direction. Now the front office, the floor and the business side are really connected, and that creates real momentum.-- Pistons owner Tom Gores, on the biggest difference inside the organization now compared with two years ago.
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