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John Ourand

John Ourand

John Ourand has covered all things media for Sports Business Journal since 2006. Before then, he spent 12 years reporting on the media industry in the U.S. and Europe, reporting for International Cable magazine and serving as editor for such outlets as Cable World and CableFAX Daily. His journalism career started in 1990 as a reporter for a Washington Post-owned weekly newspaper based in Montgomery County, Md.

Golf Channel to air Palmer doc around Masters

Golf Channel will carry a three-part documentary on the life of Arnold Palmer — one of the channel’s co-founders — in the run-up to the Masters next month. The documentary “Arnie” will run April 13-15 in the 10 p.m. ET time slot, following the channel’s “Live from the...

Fox Sports execs like trends at FS1

One week before the launch of Fox Sports 1 last August, the channel’s most recognizable talent, Regis Philbin, told the Los Angeles Times, “I think it’s time for ESPN to get a little competition, don’t you?” That theme of Fox Sports 1 competing with ESPN proved to be...

Verne Lundquist: “How DO you do?”

T he undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes faced a fourth-and-10 with a little more than two minutes remaining in December’s Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis. Ohio State trailed by 10, and a trip to the BCS National Championship Game hung in the balance. More than 500 miles...

Penguins set for five-peat atop local NHL ratings

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SportsNet LA using Dodgers stars, history in campaign

Less than two weeks before one of the most anticipated network launch dates, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ network, SportsNet LA, is rolling out its biggest marketing push yet around the channel. The campaign breaks in full this week and includes TV, radio, digital, billboards and print. The campaign...