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
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ncaa; basketball
The Media and Sports Royalty
- by Brian Goff
- April 5, 2020
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari’s remarks concerning Duke’s flopping, USA Today, Huffington, … Coach K’s responded, but
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Capital-Labor Substitution in Production: Sports Writing Edition
- by Brad Humphreys
- February 13, 2020
Newspapers are in deep trouble. That has been clear for some time. It looks like things just got worse for
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Copyright decision threatens value of Australian internet media rights
- by Robert Macdonald
- December 27, 2019
Yesterday (1 Feb 2012), Federal Court of Australia Justice Rares ruled in favour of Optus (SingTel), Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company,
Economic Impact
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Taking It On the Chin Again
- by Brad Humphreys
- December 15, 2019
Longtime readers of the Sports Economist may recall that I have taken my fair share of abuse from the print
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As the Vertically Integrated World Turns Part II: Versus Network
- by Brian Goff
- October 28, 2019
Two years ago, I posted on the ongoing battle between “Big Cable” and the NFL Network (NFL’s Game of Chicken).
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The Sports Economist: Saving or Destroying Civilization?
- by Brian Goff
- August 19, 2019
In a recent ESPN The Magazine article, Bill Simmons laments the loss of reporters as middlemen between players and the
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The “Right to Know” and Contributing to Bad Behavior
- by Brian Goff
- August 5, 2019
Disclaimer: The shooting of schoolchildren is a serious and disturbing event, creating strong emotional response. The connections to media coverage
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PGA; golf
USGA
Bethpage, The Rest of the Story
- by Brian Goff
- July 25, 2019
The mainstream media, much of it east-coast centered such as Connecticut-based ESPN, droned on and on about how great venue
Baseball
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MLB
television
- by Phil Miller
- April 29, 2019
From Craig Calcaterra at NBC Sports: The Dodgers first NLDS game was not a sellout. It was reported as 53,901
Canada
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hockey
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television
NHL TV deal is Canadian business story of the year
- by Duane Rockerbie
- April 29, 2019
The Canadian Press has chosen the new television deal between Rogers Communications and the National Hockey League (NHL) as the