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Gold Medals, Red Ink: NBC to Lose $200 Million on Games
A number of media outlets are reporting that NBC will lose about $200 million dollars on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games broadcast. The network paid $2.2 billion of the US ... -
Today's NFL: a brave new media world?
As we mentioned previously, the media are buzzing over the new approach of the NFL to media. The rule limiting online video at non-NFL sites is particularly nettlesome and controversial. ... -
The Media and Sports Royalty
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari's remarks concerning Duke's flopping, USA Today, Huffington, ... Coach K's responded, but his reply subtly tells Calipari's story, "There's a difference between ... -
Sport vs. finance
Scott Soshnick discusses made-for-TV schedules and how they result in a lower quality product on the field of play. I'm not a fan of the late night NBA Finals, but ... -
Capital-Labor Substitution in Production: Sports Writing Edition
Newspapers are in deep trouble. That has been clear for some time. It looks like things just got worse for sports writers. The Intelligent Information Laboratory at Northwestern University has ... -
Active bidding for BCS TV rights
The story is pitched as "first major sports event goes to cable," but for me the real information is in the size of the bids: On Monday afternoon, current rights-holder ... -
Copyright decision threatens value of Australian internet media rights
Yesterday (1 Feb 2012), Federal Court of Australia Justice Rares ruled in favour of Optus (SingTel), Australia's second-largest telecommunications company, in a case that upholds their right to offer an ... -
Taking It On the Chin Again
Longtime readers of the Sports Economist may recall that I have taken my fair share of abuse from the print media in the past. I have been a critic of ... -
As the Vertically Integrated World Turns Part II: Versus Network
Two years ago, I posted on the ongoing battle between "Big Cable" and the NFL Network (NFL's Game of Chicken). In that case, the NFL's effort to move from a ... -
The Sports Economist: Saving or Destroying Civilization?
In a recent ESPN The Magazine article, Bill Simmons laments the loss of reporters as middlemen between players and the public. Today's technology means athletes don't need a middleman anymore. ... -
The "Right to Know" and Contributing to Bad Behavior
Disclaimer: The shooting of schoolchildren is a serious and disturbing event, creating strong emotional response. The connections to media coverage of sporting events explored here are not meant to trivialize ... -
Bethpage, The Rest of the Story
The mainstream media, much of it east-coast centered such as Connecticut-based ESPN, droned on and on about how great venue Bethpage is -- "muni," "bringing game to the masses," "spirited ...
