Tripp Mickle

Founders of digital businesses cannot predict when their companies will be bought or what will happen to them after they have sold their business, but there are several things they can do to prepare for that process and make it smooth. Speaking at a panel at the '13 Covington...

Digital media has made huge strides since Ted Leonsis spoke at the first Sports Media & Technology conference more than a decade ago, but he said digital advertising has been slow to catch up. Leonsis, the subject of a one-on-one interview at the '13 edition of the...

The U.S. Olympic Committee board of directors finalized a four-year contract extension with Scott Blackmun that will see him continue to lead the organization through the 2016 Rio Games. ...

Hulman Motorsports last week announced the hiring of former NASCAR team owner Jay Frye as chief revenue officer and former Ford marketer C.J. O’Donnell as chief marketing officer. The hiring brings an end to a nine-month search for an executive to oversee commercial operations for the IndyCar Series and...

Chris Mater, longtime Red Bull USA head of sports marketing, has taken a new role with the company as general manager of its Northern California business unit. Mater will oversee business, sales, marketing, distribution and legal from Central California to Oregon. He is working out of Red Bull’s...

Circuit of the Americas heads into its Formula One race weekend with nine more sponsors than it had for its inaugural race a year ago. Deals with Shell, Coca-Cola, Beck’s and others have boosted total sponsorship revenue at the facility by 150 percent from a year ago. The...

Fox Sports signed a five-year rights deal with Feld Motor Sports that will give the media group rights to nearly 300 hours of supercross, arenacross, monster truck and other motorsports programming. Financial terms of the deal weren’t available. Sources familiar with the agreement said it is an increase...

Longtime Red Bull USA Head of Sports Marketing CHRIS MATER has taken a new role with the company as GM of its Northern California business unit. He will oversee business, sales, marketing, distribution and legal from central California to Oregon. He is working out of Red Bull’s...

The second round of bids to buy IMG were due Thursday, according to sources familiar with the company’s sales plan. A total of 10 prospective buyers sat through IMG management presentations in the last month, but it is unclear how many of the interested buyers submitted bids Thursday. Among...

Hulman Motorsports today announced the hiring of former NASCAR team owner JAY FRYE as Chief Revenue Officer and former Ford marketer C.J. O’DONNELL as CMO. The hirings bring an end to a nine-month search for an exec to oversee commercial operations for the IndyCar Series...