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Sports Business

  • 12/10/21: WNBA’s 2022 plans

        Friday December 10, 2021 The WNBA unveiled its game schedule for the 2022 regular season, delivering a record 36 games per team and a regular season that will tip off on May 6, running through Aug. 14, followed by the WNBA Playoffs presented by Google, which as previously announced, will have a new […]

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  • 12/09/21: The Game Awards load up

        Thursday December 9, 2021 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your weekly Esports Brief. The Game Awards are on deck to take place tonight, with the annual kudoscast and sneak peek into upcoming gaming titles set to take place at the Microsoft Theater, once again streaming live and free across more than […]

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  • 12/08/21: MLB Network promotes Bill Morningstar to president

        Wednesday December 8, 2021 Bill Morningstar was tapped to become the next president of MLB Network. In addition to his new MLBN post, Morningstar will continue his MLB – EVP/Sponsorship sales responsibilities, with the announcement made by MLB Chief Revenue Officer Noah Garden. Morningstar, who led the advertising sales team that helped launch […]

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  • Projecting Better Roles for Females is Everyone’s Business

    A SeeHer Series Earlier this year, Publicis Groupe launched Le Truc, a center of creative excellence for clients designed to fuel the organization’s creativity offering. Carla Serrano, Chief Strategy Officer of Publicis Groupe, explains how her company’s efforts to deliver more enriching and diverse experiences connects with SeeHer’s mission to portray women and girls so […]

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  • Fandom 2021 Defined

    Fandom’s State of Fandom event takes place today, December 8 at 1p, and will include data from the group’s recent study, “State of Fandom.” The report notes that after a year of binging any content they could get their hands on for comfort, TV fans are more focused and mindful this year, going deeper than […]

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  • 12/06/21: Thirty Five Ventures CMO breaks down the company’s growth and vision

        Monday December 6, 2021 Flush with content that ranges from TV shows to documentaries to podcasts, as well as boasting partnerships with companies such as NBA Top Shot, Coinbase, Postmates and other investments across multiple industries, Thirty Five Ventures, continues to push the envelope in sports and entertainment with its projects. Fronted by […]

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  • 12/03/21: Major League Baseball ended labor peace with a lockout

        Friday December 3, 2021 The lockout is underway for Major League Baseball, marking the first time in a quarter century that the league and the MLB Players Association were unable to lock in a new collective bargaining deal. Commissioner Manfred noted with the announcement that the decision to lock out the players in […]

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  • Discovery Offers a New Spin on Giving

    Discovery has come up with a new spin on giving. In “You Pick, We Give”, discovery+ users determine how Discovery will donate this holiday season. For every pick made, discovery+ will help to provide up to two million meals to kids in need in the U.S. through No Kid Hungry, or up to 400,000 education supplies […]

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  • 12/02/21: NFL player Kenny Viccaro is returing and will launch Gamers First

        Thursday December 1, 2021 Good morning! It’s Thursday and this is your weekly Esports Brief. NFL safety and former first-round pick Kenny Vaccaro is retiring from the NFL and will now launch an esports organization named G1, i.e. Gamers First in partnership with entrepreneurs and professional gamers Hunter Swensson and Cody Hendrix. “This […]

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  • 12/01/21: Thanksgiving Day gave Major League Soccer its best viewership in almost two decades

        Wednesday December 1, 2021 Thanksgiving sports might be perpetually linked to the NFL, but FOX Sports reports that its carriage of the MLS game between Portland and Colorado during the holiday scored as the most-watched MLS match on English-language TV since 2004. The contest averaged 1.85 million viewers for the post-season playoff to […]

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