Ben Fischer

Market correction in esports?

Journal - 12/17/2018

E sports insiders are increasingly convinced that many team organizations are overvalued and a market correction is coming. In the two years since traditional sports teams started acquiring esports organizations, faith in the long-term potential of video games has grown...

Report: Streamlined USOC board part of the problem

Journal - 12/17/2018

T he U.S. Olympic Committee’s self-commissioned investigation into the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal placed some of the blame on the body’s evolution since the 1980s from a volunteer group to a modern corporation, leaving athletes with a diminished voice. ...

USS, Utah gear up for 2019 FIS world championships

Journal - 12/17/2018

U tah and U.S. Ski & Snowboard officials are making final preparations for the state’s largest international sporting event since the 2002 Winter Olympics. From Feb. 1-10, Park City will host the International Ski Federation’s world championships in freeski, snowboarding and freestyle...

USOC Acknowledges It May Settle With Nassar Abuse Victims

Weekend Rap - 12/16/2018

The USOC acknowledged for the first time Friday it may settle with victims of convicted sex abuser and former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar . For now, the USOC has a motion pending in front of a California federal judge seeking to remove itself as a defendant...

Citi Signs Deal With Int'l Paralympic Committee Through Tokyo

Global - 12/14/2018

Citi has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Int’l Paralympic Committee, re-entering the Olympic-Paralympic world two years after its USOC rights expired. Citi becomes the third company at the mid-tier “international level” with the IPC, which gives it rights to the IPC brand and 18 Paralympic...

Citi Signs Deal With Int'l Paralympic Committee Through Tokyo

Daily - 12/13/2018

Citi has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Int’l Paralympic Committee, re-entering the Olympic-Paralympic world two years after its USOC rights expired. Citi becomes the third company at the mid-tier “international level” with the IPC, which gives it rights to the IPC brand and 18 Paralympic...

Twitch Gives Nielsen Access To Viewer Research Panel

Daily - 12/13/2018

Twitch has granted Nielsen access to its 50,000-viewer research panel for the first time, allowing the audience measurement firm to connect actual viewing habits of esports fans to their survey responses. Parts of the study will be published by Nielsen today, but other findings will be folded into research...

Citi Signs On As Paralympic Sponsor In Mid-Tier Deal

Morning Buzz - 12/13/2018

Citi has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Int’l Paralympic Committee, re-entering the Olympic-Paralympic world two years after its USOC rights expired. Citi becomes the third company at the mid-tier “international level” with the IPC, which gives it rights to the IPC brand and 18 Paralympic committees in...

Immortals' Whinston To Become Exec Chair; Segal Moved To CEO

Daily - 12/13/2018

Esports team Immortals Founder NOAH WHINSTON has left his job as CEO to become Exec Chair. Immortals President & COO ARI SEGAL succeeds him in the top management role. Whinston founded the team in '15 and has emerged as one of the best-known execs in...

Overwatch League To Host Select In-Market Games During '19 Season

Daily - 12/12/2018

Three Overwatch League franchises will host “homestand weekends” during the '19 season, the first time the esports league will play games in-market after launching entirely in a Burbank studio earlier this year. The Dallas Fuel will be first up, hosting eight games at the Allen Event Center on April...