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Scouting reports an online phenom for Cooperstown05 / 13 / 13The National Baseball Hall of Fame has generated a significant groundswell of digital traffic and publicity from its recent online release of scouting reports for more than 12,000 current and former big league players. The project is part of “Diamond Mines,” a new exhibit developed wi... Tags: Media |
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New group aims to be voice of fantasy sports
The Fantasy Sports Association (FSA), a new trade group started by Players Inc., has begun its operations with hopes of taking better advantage of the industry’s runaway growth in popularity. A goal of the NFL Players Association’s licensing and marketing arm for nearly a decade, the FS ...
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MLB's ownership stint ends profitably
Major League Baseball is expected to reap a profit of about $260 million on its sale of the Washington Nationals to a group led by Maryland developer Ted Lerner, bringing a fiscally robust end to one of the sport’s most turbulent chapters. The Lerner family broke ...
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Statue-esque: HBO leads way at Sports Emmys
HBO led the way at last week’s annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in New York, winning six trophies and sharing a seventh with NBC for top studio host Bob Costas. The cable network’s haul, more than any other individual network, marked the second such win in three years. HBO’s key Emmy ...
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Lawsuit over fantasy stats set for trial
The ongoing legal battle between St. Louis-based CDM Fantasy Sports and MLB Advanced Media is now set for trial in early September. Judge Mary Ann Medler of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Missouri is targeting a trial beginning Sept. 5 and lasting at least a week ...
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Web sites’ numbers rise for their NFL draft coverage
Major sports Web sites posted strong traffic gains during the recent NFL draft, mirroring ratings increases seen for ESPN’s TV coverage of the much-ballyhooed event. NFL.com traffic was up 25 percent over 2005. NFL.com drew in 7.5 million unique visitors ...
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NFL takes time to study Net rights
After a prior deal that established a benchmark for domestic sports on the Internet, the NFL is now taking those rights in-house — at least temporarily. The NFL is trying to figure out what to do long term with its Internet rights. The league is close t ...
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Former AOL exec joins fledgling sports net
Carlos Silva, formerly senior vice president for AOL’s news and sports operations, has been named president and COO for the World Championship Sports Network, a move designed to enlarge significantly the presence of the fledgling operation. Carlos Silva Presid ...
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Is Liberty Media right fit for Braves?
Liberty Media’s impending purchase of the Atlanta Braves from Time Warner is being coolly received by the Braves organization, Major League Baseball insiders and industry analysts, with questions centering on whether the club is about to become the property of a distant, disengaged corpora ...
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Race keeps OLN rolling in cycling
OLN next week plans to begin streaming live online coverage of the Giro d’Italia bicycle race, part of a strategic move by the network to stay involved with cycling as it prepares for its name change to Versus this fall and expands its programming mix. OLN will s ...
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Leagues wonder if new TV device is friend or foe
In a matter of mere months, Sling Media Inc. and its Slingbox device have become the hot topic of the sports and media worlds and the subject of a caustic debate few are prepared to address publicly. Sling Media says concerns over the Slingbox stem primarily from ...
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