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REUTERS' Thomasch & Adegoke noted with the "economy making progress and marketers willing to spend on national campaigns to promote cars, clothes and cell phones, the TV advertising market is blistering." Execs said that advertisers can expect to pay 30-40% more for last-minute commercial time "than they would have when buying time under longer term deals a year ago." CBS Corp. President & CEO Les Moonves predicted that "rates for TV commercial time would rise by double digits during next month's advanced sales period." He said, "We are very encouraged by the ongoing strength of the advertising marketplace" (REUTERS, 5/3).

LOVE POTION: Right Guard announced yesterday that it is partnering with T'Wolves F Kevin Love to launch the "Love in the Shower" campaign. The effort, kicking off this month on ESPN, ESPN.com and ESPN mobile, allows fans to enter for a chance to win tickets to this year's NBA Finals at LoveInTheShower.com or on Right Guard's Facebook page (THE DAILY).

ROUNDUP: U.S. Cellular has reached an agreement with the Thunder to become the team's official wireless sponsor. The deal, which will include an interactive kiosk for fans at Oklahoma City Arena next season, also calls for an enhanced seating area called U.S. Cellular Loft (NEWSOK.com, 5/3)....The Detroit Free Press Marathon yesterday announced a deal for Talmer Bank & Trust to serve as the co-title sponsor of the Oct. 14 race (Detroit Free Press Marathon).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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