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Soccer portal Goal.com gets makeover in advance of World Cup06 / 17 / 13U.K.-based digital media outfit Perform has completed an extensive reworking of its Goal.com global soccer portal in advance of next year’s World Cup in Brazil. Among the changes are a new visual look developed with the aid of brand design consultant Elmwood, new fantasy and prediction-base... Tags: Media |
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LockerDome gets $6M in venture capital
LockerDome, a St.Louis-based, sports-oriented social media network, has closed on a $6 million round of Series A venture capital funding that includes St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III and former NHL most valuable player Chris Pronger. Cultivation Capital Growth Fund, also based in St ...
Tags: Finance
'MLB 2K 13' ready to launch
2K Sports will release “MLB 2K 13,” the latest edition in its troubled baseball simulation video game series, on Tuesday. But what consumers will see and how they will react remains a mystery. "MLB 2K 13" came about on ...
Tags: Media
Game on for MLBAM
MLB Advanced Media is readying a significant push into gaming for the 2013 season, seeking to broaden both its audience and digital traffic patterns. "Ballpark Empire" is a baseball-centric take on "Farmville"-style participation ...
WBC TV, sponsorships show growth
Two successful tournaments already in the books and a third on the cusp, and the World Baseball Classic is still fighting for mainstream acceptance, even within the game itself. The World Baseball Classic will feature big names fr ...
Tags: Events and Attractions
Ticketmaster predicts profit with Yanks
Ticketmaster says its new secondary ticketing partnership with the New York Yankees to create Yankees Ticket Exchange will be profitable, despite its slashing of seller commissions from the 15 percent industry norm to 5 percent for season-ticket holders. Last week’s announcement of Yankees ...
Tags: Franchises
The latest in digital marketing
Never before has the pace of change in digital marketing been this brisk. Technological advancements, in areas such as social media monitoring, advanced video streaming and consumer data mining, have made efforts that were fantasies or mere hopes just months ago not only reality now, but the basis ...
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SI sees Swimsuit revenue growth
Resurgent print media sales are fueling growth of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit franchise, which company executives are projecting at 6 percent to 8 percent this year. Specific financial figures were not disclosed, but the overall revenue growth rate mirrors last year and extends a period o ...
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NBC, Yahoo discuss Winter Games
NBC Sports and Yahoo Sports are discussing whether to extend their digital partnership to the Olympics and begin working together for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The pair struck a broad digital alliance two months ago, combining sports content and fantasy assets. But the deal notab ...
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LockerDome joins USA Today sports
The USA Today Sports Media Group has struck a strategic partnership with LockerDome in which the St. Louis-based, sports-oriented social media network will become part of the USA Today Sports Digital Properties network. LockerDome seeks to blend elements of sports digital media — including ...
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Sports enthusiastic about BlackBerry
If BlackBerry is able to return to prominence among mobile consumers with its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, sports will be among the major reasons why. BlackBerry, renamed from Research In Motion, last week in New York formally unveiled its long-expected comeback bid, the BlackBerry 10 mobi ...
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