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Eric Fisher

Eric Fisher

Eric is a New York-based staff writer, covering baseball, technology and digital media. He also is a regular moderator in SBJ’s annual series of high-level industry conferences. With SBJ since 2005, Fisher joined the magazine from The Washington Times, where he was the newspaper’s first sports business reporter. Prior to moving to Washington, Fisher was the business and real estate editor of the Easton (Md.) Star-Democrat. A native of upstate New York, Fisher is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, and also studied at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Gen Z: Russ Stanley

Russ Stanley, now one of the Giants’ longest-tenured employees after three decades with the club, has been a key figure in several prior trendsetting industry moves, including the advent of integrated ticket resales and dynamic pricing.   ...

NBA Kings See Sizable Season-Ticket Renewal Bump

The NBA Kings said they have seen a 25% bump in season-ticket renewals for the '19-20 season, marketing a 10-year high. The team is 37-37 and until recently had been in playoff contention. The team also has incurred sizable gains on their Net Promoter Score through an...

Recent deals widen push by Stadium

Multiplatform national sports network Stadium has made a sizable push into connected TV following distribution deals in recent months with Sling TV, Sony PlayStation Vue and Xumo among others. The network, created in 2017 by the merging of 120 Sports, Silver Chalice’s Campus Insider and the Sinclair...

Forty Under 40: Russ D’Souza

For much of SeatGeek’s existence, the company has been an upstart player looking to challenge the ticketing industry’s status quo.  In 2018, the company and co-founder Russ D’Souza made a major transition to place themselves as a trusted partner to some of the...

Forty Under 40: Tucker Kain

Since Guggenheim Baseball Management acquired the Los Angeles Dodgers nearly seven years ago in a record-setting $2.15 billion deal, the club has become baseball’s annual attendance leader, a technology trailblazer and a thought leader on the future of the fan experience. Tucker Kain,...

Forty Under 40: Morgan Sword

Top Major League Baseball executives such as Commissioner Rob Manfred and Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem are typically the ones generating headlines around the league’s labor matters and relationship with the MLB Players Association. But outside of that spotlight, Morgan Sword...