People and Pop Culture

The Market

A measured look at this week's holdings

5.13.2019

Buy

‘Takes’ turn

The WTA announced its first major new marketing campaign in five years, “It Takes,” which will spotlight the attributes required to reach and succeed at the highest levels of the sport. It should give the circuit a chance to capitalize on forward momentum led by new stars including Naomi Osaka and Sloane Stephens.

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Sell

One-way ticket

Brent Holck, the former ticket operations director at the University of Minnesota, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for stealing $361,336 from the school over five years from 2012 to ’17.

Hold

21 club

Sinclair’s stock shot up in the days after it completed its $10.6 billion purchase of 21 regional sports networks from Fox last week. But will Sinclair get squeezed by distributors trying to put RSNs on premium tiers, and by teams that want more money for their rights?

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