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The Orlando Magic held its annual Partner Activation Summit on March 20: Magic COO Charlie Freeman, Magic CEO Alex Martins, NBA Deputy Commissioner and COO Mark Tatum and Magic VP of corporate partnership and premium activation Catherine Carlson.
Photo by: GARY BASSING / ORLANDO MAGIC
Here’s their pitch

Los Angeles-based Season Share co-founders Jon Rappaport, Aaron Holland and Robert Beadle demonstrated their app for buying and sharing season tickets at the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event in Austin, Texas, last month.
Photo: COURTESY OF SEASON SHARE
WICT New England hosts panel discussion

Women in Cable Telecommunications New England hosted a discussion on workplace gender inequality March 22 in Sturbridge, Mass.: Shannon Piers of ESPN, moderator Tamara Bowens of Spectrum Enterprise, Justin Connolly of Disney and ESPN Media Networks, Sean McGrail of NESN, and Laura Ausmus of ESPN, president of WICT New England.
Photo: COURTESY OF NESN
MiLB, ServiceMaster on the same team

Minor League Baseball’s David Wright catches a first pitch from Pete Tosches of ServiceMaster at the Phillies-Twins spring training game March 21 in Fort Myers, Fla. MiLB and ServiceMaster announced a multiyear sponsorship deal.
Photo by: MARY MARANDI
Big3 on set with ‘Undisputed’

Big3 President and Commissioner Roger Mason Jr. and founder Ice Cube announced that Fox Sports would be the league’s broadcast home for its inaugural season March 22 during a visit to FS1’s “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed”: Shannon Sharpe, Roger Mason Jr., Joy Taylor, Ice Cube and Skip Bayless.
Photo by: FOX SPORTS


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