In a word: money.
For months, News Corp., the media giant conglomerate run by billionaire mogul Rupert Murdoch, has been …
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How to Spend Your Digital Dollars
Do small businesses really need a website in the era of Facebook and LinkedIn?
Prop Bets, Sports Books, And Beyoncé’s Cleavage: Everything You Need To Know About Super Bowl Gambling
Super Bowl Sunday isn’t just the biggest betting day of the American calendar. It’s also the strangest.
NBA Teams Struggle to Fill Arenas, Even When ‘Cheap Seats’ Are $1 – or Free
If you’re in the market for a quiet evening on the town with minimal excitement and lots of room to relax and spread out, an NBA game in Detroit or Charlotte might be just the ticket.
NHL Lockout Is Over! Guess Who’s Happier than Fans or Players?
All along during the NHL lockout, fans have felt like they’ve been held hostage by both sides of the negotiations. But that’s nothing compared with businesses that rely on NHL game-day crowds — which have been laying off …
Hockey’s Wealth Redistribution Problem: What’s Really Behind The NHL Lockout
Blame owners, not players, for the NHL’s financial problems.
Why Prices for Sports Teams May Stop Skyrocketing
One of the more interesting nuggets in the 30th edition of the Forbes 400 is this: In 1982, nine members of the inaugural class of the richest Americans owned sports teams. In this year’s gilt grouping, the number is 32. That’s …
10 Best & Worst Sports-Team Relocations in History
There’s no shortage of speculation about which NFL team might relocate to Los Angeles, despite recent news that Anschutz Entertainment Group, a leading force in the development of a downtown stadium, has been put up for sale by its billionaire owner. But for all the excitement in the nation’s second-largest media market about the return …
#NBCFail? Not Quite. Prime Time Olympics Coverage is Surprising Success for Network
It’s more than a week into the London Olympics, and Twitter users are still hammering NBC for its tape-delayed coverage, its glitchy streaming online video, and the endless commercials in between and during the competition. But …
NFL, MLB Say They Aren’t Considering Ads on Uniforms
But once the NBA starts bringing in millions of dollars, it’s difficult to think they wouldn’t reconsider.
A New Sports Drink Scores By Winning Over Soccer Fans (And Soccer Moms)
Among soccer-crazed Seattleites, the hottest ticket in town isn’t at a Sounders game when LA Galaxy comes to town. It’s a “Copa Golazo” in a converted BMW dealership with a 75-foot by 25-foot indoor soccer field …
Nike Sues Reebok Over Tim Tebow NY Jets Gear
Tim Tebow has only been a New York Jet for one week, but he’s already the subject of a legal battle between two of the most powerful names in the sports business world. Nike filed a lawsuit against Reebok on Tuesday accusing its …
