User-Generated Sports Site Bleacher Report Raises $10.5 Million
Fast-growing sports site Bleacher Report has raised $10.5 million in a round of funding led by new investor Crosslink Capital. The company s… Read more »
‘Psycho-Acoustic’ Defense Can’t Get BlueBeat Off Beatles Copyright Claim
File under “not surprising”. In the case of an online music retailer that had tried claiming it owned copyright to Beatles songs because it… Read more »
Reuters America Gets News Service Deep Into Aggregating
As part of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) expansion into more general news service in addition to its financial reports, the company has launch… Read more »
ESPN Launches Blog Aimed At Women Athletes
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ESPN’s new blog, espnW, rolls out today with the aim of bringing more women — and the advertisers who want to reach them — to is expansive… Read more »
Sport Webcaster Perform Group ‘Surprised’ By IPO Talk
Last month, Reuters (NYSE: TRI) reported that UK-based sports webcaster Perform Group was considering a public flotation. Yesterday, The Sun… Read more »
Tomkins Times – How One Indie Football Blogger Made A ‘Paywall’ Work
Ashley Norris is CEO of branded content advisory Sutro Digital and director of Anorak Publishing, including the Whoateallthepies.tv soccer b… Read more »
NBC Sports Wraps Most Popular Web Feature In An App
You might think video would be the most popular attraction at NBC (NYSE: GE) Sports online. Not so. Last month, 21 million of the roughly 29… Read more »
Sporting News Today Partners With Comcast On Local Sports Editions
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Sports Group and Sporting News are partnering to create subscription-based online news sites offering coverage and ana… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11.09.10
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» Time (NYSE: TWX) spent online is rising, but publishers can’t keep up with the never ending supply of content — mostly from so… Read more »
SB Nation Ups Its Funding To Nearly $24 Million With New Round
Eager to expand its sales team and continue its momentum, sports blog network SB Nation has raised another $10.5 million in a third round of… Read more »
Thrillist Looks To Build Presence On ESPN, HuffPo Sites
Men’s lifestyle and entertainment guide Thrillist is looking beyond its primary e-newsletter business by hooking up with the city-specific s… Read more »
UK Gov. Taps Galaxy Tab With Pre-Olympics Widget
Samsung and VisitBritain expect 2012 Olympics tourists will be walking around London toting Galaxy Tabs.
They have partnered to ship a Visi… Read more »
News Corp., Cablevision Reach Deal In ‘Principle’; Fox Service Restored
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After two weeks of dead air and hot air, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) finally found enough good faith to reach a deal i… Read more »
NHL Video No Longer Only On Verizon: ‘He Shoots, He Scores’ On The iPad
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Deals for exclusive mobile video rights to Verizon Wireless and Bell Mobility made sense for the National Hockey League in 2007. Now they ar… Read more »
Latest Salvos: Dolan Plays FCC Card Again; Fox’s Cease-And-Desist Letter
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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) subscribers sans Fox since Oct. 15 have been getting plenty of advice from the cable operator and the programmer abo… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.21.10
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» AOL’s content strategy involves “throwing a lot of things against the wall,” but it carries some risks, especially considering… Read more »
FCC Chairman To Fox & Cablevision: ‘Time For Petty Gamesmanship Is Over’
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowkski may want to lock the top execs of Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). in a room until they a… Read more »
Fox Sports Buys Sports Blog Network Yardbarker
News Corp.’s Fox Sports Interactive has bought up Yardbarker, the popular sports opinion site and blog network. Yardbarker had already been… Read more »
Updated: Deja Vu All Over Again: Cablevision Subs Lose Access To Fox In Retrans Spat
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Updated Our old friends push and shove are back. Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) subs who rely on Fox stations in New York, Philadelphia and New Jer… Read more »
Bloomberg Fantasy Football Tool Coming To iPhone, iPad
If the words “Bloomberg” and “fantasy football” seem incongruous, the financial media company is hoping to change that impression with the r… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.08.10
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has long been known to plant stories when it suits its purpose. But TechCrunch finds the process particularl… Read more »
New York Times Co. Could Wind Up With Share Of Liverpool Football Club
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In the oddest of twists, the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is on the verge of being part owner of a major UK football club. The publisher s… Read more »
ESPN’s Newest Premium Apps Are For Insiders Only
While other publishers brag about surpassing single-copy sales on the iPad or look for ways to manage subscriptions outside of iTunes, ESPN… Read more »
PE Firm Legion Capital Launches To Fund Young Male-Centric Start-Ups
While a lot of investors in the media and tech spaces inevitably end up throwing a lot of money at companies that focus on the younger male… Read more »
Game Biz Tips Atoms To Bits: EA Makes More From FIFA Downloads Than Discs
A remarkable change is taking place in video games – income generation is slowly shifting from game titles on plastic to downloadable online… Read more »
Metacafe Buys Action Sports Video Site Go211
Entertainment-focused video site Metacafe has made a small acquisition, buying up Action Sports, which is behind action sports community Go2… Read more »
Sporting News Today Expands Pay Options With iPad Subscription
Sporting News Today has been on the iPad for months via the Zinio newsstand. But Sporting News is trying to expand the discovery — and reve… Read more »
Pro-Premium Sky Sports News Goes Free On iPad
Sky Sports News may have been going increasingly premium this summer, going off free-to-air and in to pay-TV bundles with its new HD channel… Read more »
TV Everywhere Plays Important Role In New Disney-Time Warner Cable Deal
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) stepped to the precipice of blackout Armageddon — and wisely took a giant… Read more »
NHL Hires NFL Progamming Vet Coplin As EVP-Content
The National Hockey League is looking to a programming vet from the National Football League to pull its content strategy together and execu… Read more »
RacingPost.com Names Sportsyndicator For Ad Sales
Sportsyndicator, an online ad sales house working in the sports space, says it has been named by Racing Post as the newspaper’s ad sales ope… Read more »
First Look: The Portable US Open
As luck would have it, I was on the go when the U.S. leg of the tennis Grand Slam started Monday, providing a good chance to test the live s… Read more »
YouTube To Show MLB Games — In Japan
YouTube will be broadcasting all Major League Baseball games on its site in Japan next year, in what the company is calling “the largest par… Read more »
Updated: CBSSports.com Expands U.S. Open Streaming; USTA Will Show It All
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Tennis fans should be able to get their fill of the 2010 U.S. Open with or without a TV, even if the weather is good. For the past two years… Read more »
WebMediaBrands Adds Sports Media Site To Its Roster
WebMediaBrands (NSDQ: WEBM) is going in-house for its latest expansion, launching a MediaBistro spinoff called SportsNewser, which will feat… Read more »
Vodafone Claims Live Mobile Soccer Rights It Doesn’t Own
Last week, Vodafone’s Lisbon office issued a press release stating: “*Vodafone* Portugal has secured the broadcasting rights for the 18 foot… Read more »
Steelberg Brothers Raise Another $20 Million For Celeb Company BAT
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Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), which uses research and interactive technology to market a massive roster of celebrities, has closed a $2… Read more »
Gannett Goes Hyperlocal With HighSchoolSports.net
Though still without a chief digital officer since May, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) is continuing to broaden its online strategy. The McLean, Va. co… Read more »
Yahoo’s Premier League Video Highlights Go Live
For such a potentially beneficial addition, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) certainly isn’t shouting about its new English Premier League video highlight… Read more »
ESPN Adds VOD Rights To Old Premier League Matches
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ESPN (NYSE: DIS) says it has received a renewed multi-year license from England’s Premier League to soccer matches from the league’s vaults,… Read more »
