Year In Review

Year in Review: Most-read stories

12.16.2019

Stories about media rights and ratings dominated the top 10 most-read stories for Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily in 2019.

Sports Business Journal

1 One bad headline cost him his job at ESPN. The priesthood brought healing. (Aug. 12)
2 NBA: Big payoff for a little patch (Feb. 25)
3 NBA ratings take dip (Feb. 18)
4 After Fox says no thanks, Big 12 in market for media rights to its football championship game (Jan. 14)
5 Signs point to Bears-Packers for ’19 kickoff game (Feb. 11)
6 NBA local ratings dip (April 29)
7 Pac-12’s big gamble on distribution (March 25)
8 Introducing the Forty Under 40 Class of 2019 (Feb. 11)
9 XFL rejected merger with AAF, takes lessons from failed league (April 8)
10 What’s next after $2 billion Learfield-IMG College merger? (Jan. 7)

Sports Business Daily

1 Pilot Flying J Pulls ESPN Deal After Story On Browns’ Culture (Feb. 13)
2 AAC, ESPN Agree To 12-Year Media-Rights Deal Worth $1B (March 19)
3 ONE Championship’s Chatri Sityodtong Talks U.S. Expansion (July 12)
4 ESPN, Big 12 Agree To Sweeping Media-Rights Deal (April 10)
5 ESPN Adds DirecTV As Carrier For ACC Network At Launch (March 12)
6 Alliance Of American Football Signs Deals With Turner, NFL Net (Jan. 31)
7 Riot Games Creates College “League Of Legends” Governing Body (May 17)
8 Fox-Branded RSNs Pulled From Dish Network, Sling TV (July 26)
9 Chase Center Reviews Mostly Positive, But Venue Has A “Coldness” (Oct. 7)
10 Ford Drops Homestead Title Deal After NASCAR Schedule Shift (March 29)

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