Univ. Of Texas Signs With StubHub

StubHub has struck a deal with the Univ. of Texas to become the school's official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace. The pact, StubHub's 21st within the college athletics space and arguably its most prominent, was facilitated through its business partner Paciolan and UT's multimedia rights partner ...

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Tigers Announce Front Office Moves

The Tigers today made a series of front office contract extensions and promotions, most notably a new four-year deal for team President, CEO & GM Dave Dombrowski that keeps him with the club through '15. Duane McLean was promoted to Exec VP/Business Operations, and the team extended manager ...

EA Sports' Moore Promoted To Company COO

Electronic Arts Inc. late Thursday announced a corporate restructuring in which EA Sports President PETER MOORE has been elevated to COO for the entire company. Moore, who came to EA in '07 from Microsoft, takes over in the expanded role for JOHN SCHAPPERT , who left in April for social gaming ou ...

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EA Names Peter Moore COO

Electronic Arts Inc. late Thursday announced a corporate restructuring in which EA Sports President Peter Moore has been elevated to COO for the entire company. Moore, who came to EA in '07 from Microsoft, takes over in the expanded role for John Schappert , who left in April for social gaming ...

EA Sports Debuts Its "Season Ticket"

EA Sports today is introducing its long-developed and much-discussed content subscription program, "EA Sports Season Ticket." Aimed at the video game developer's most avid fans, the program will provide early access to five core titles, discounts on downloadable content and free premium web content. ...

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EA Sports Introducing Subscription Service

EA Sports today is introducing its long-developed and much-discussed content subscription program, "EA Sports Season Ticket." Aimed at the video game developer's most avid fans, the program will provide early access to five core titles, discounts on downloadable content and premium web content. The ...

Yahoo Sports Radio Replacing Sporting News

Yahoo Sports has struck a joint venture with Gow Broadcasting Inc., formerly Mission Media Group, to create the new Yahoo Sports Radio Network. The network will replace the Sporting News Radio brand, and feature some of the same programming, including "The Steve Czaban Show" and "The Tim Brando Show ...

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Yahoo Sports To Create Radio Network

Yahoo Sports has struck a joint venture with Gow Broadcasting Inc., formerly Mission Media Group, to create the new Yahoo Sports Radio network. The network will replace the Sporting News Radio brand, and feature some of the same programming, including "The Steve Czaban Show" and "The Tim Brando Sh ...

Big Lead Sports Partners With Amar'e Stoudemire

Big Lead Sports has struck a strategic partnership with Knicks F Amar'e Stoudemire in which the basketball star will acquire an undisclosed equity stake in the company, serve as an advisor to Big Lead Sports and help develop exclusive content. Specific online programming initiatives include basket ...

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EA Sports' "FIFA 11" Nearing 15 Million Sales

Sales of EA Sports' "FIFA 11" have approached 15 million units, when combining physical sales and digital mobile downloads, according to a company quarterly earnings report issued late yesterday. In May, "FIFA" sales had been reported at 12 million. EA, meanwhile, reported total company net income f ...

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