Menu
Morning Buzz

Speed Reads....

FanDuel confirmed that it has laid off 55 workers at its Orlando office. The company said that the job cuts are concentrated in the R&D division, "which is being shuttered," and they "do not impact the rest of the office" (AP, 2/10).

The Whitecaps have signed a three-year deal with the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA), whose members will receive a 30% discount off regular-season tickets. Members will also have early access to regular-season tickets for any available seat (BCAA).

Hudson's Bay announced that Dsquared2, the fashion design brand of Dean and Dan Caten, will design Team Canada's apparel for the Rio Games Opening Ceremony (Hudson's Bay).

The City of Norfolk is "seeking a consultant to sell the naming rights" to Harbor Park, home ballpark of the the Triple-A Int'l League Tides (Norfolk VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 2/11).

Salt Lake City-based Mountain Sports Int'l has acquired full ownership of short-track truck racing series TORC: The Off-Road Championship presented by Amsoil (Mountain Sports).

ADDITIONAL SECTIONS
PODCASTS

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.
SBJ TV

Sports Media Podcast April 24 Whos Up Whos Down

4 mins

Sports Media Podcast April 17 2024 The Big Get Molly Solomon

5 mins

Sports Media Podcast March 27 2024

29 mins

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2016/02/11/Speed-Reads.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2016/02/11/Speed-Reads.aspx

CLOSE
You have 0 articles remaining this month.

Register for a free SBJ account to unlock one extra article per month.

© 2024 Leaders Group. All rights reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Leaders Group.