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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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The growth of online advertising hit another key milepost last week as CBS announced plans to offer free, out-of-market online coverage of the first three rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, forsaking subscription revenue for the projected greater riches of selling ads. ...
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Rivals.com strikes deal with AOL
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The state of minor league baseball 2005
Minor League Baseball, despite a historic run-up in attendance, is grappling with coast-to-coast problems with franchise profitability. Mike Moore, MiLB president, said roughly half of the 176 affiliated minor-league clubs are set to post net losses for the 2005 season, with 30 percent losing ...
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Colleges charging into ticketing
Team-sanctioned secondary ticket markets received another wave of endorsements as both Paciolan and StubHub have made significant additions to their client rosters in recent weeks. Oklahoma will allow sales of tickets through its Paciolan program to ...
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MLB’s playoff payoff declines
The White Sox still had a record average player share despite the revenue drop. The following lists postseason compensation pool money for the last six yea ...
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ESPN targets NBA as next mobile video deal
With mobile video deals in hand with Major League Baseball and the NHL, ESPN now has its sights set on the NBA. ESPN wants the NBA to follow the NHL and MLB to its new line of cell phones. John Skipper, ESPN executive vice president of ...
World Baseball Classic TV deal ‘basically done’
Major League Baseball and ESPN are finalizing a TV deal for the inaugural World Baseball Classic, scheduled for March. No rights for the Classic were included in MLB’s recently signed eight-year, $2.4 billion deal with the netw ...
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Nationals sales executive Cope out after one year
David Cope, Washington Nationals vice president of sales and marketing, was fired last week after a one-year stay with the club. Cope, 41, played a lead role in the frenetic sales and sponsorship effort that followed Major League Baseball’s decision to move the Montreal Expos to Washin ...
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RazorGator still dealing, this time securing Rose Bowl tie
RazorGator last week continued its active dealmaking by landing a coveted sponsorship with the Tournament of Roses Association that makes the secondary ticketing acompany the preferred travel partner for the Rose Bowl, this year’s BCS national championship game. RazorGator will also establish and o ...
