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Paramount leverages Thanksgiving NFL game to announce first big UFC event
UFC and Paramount Skydance Corp. are deploying their promotional power to build buzz for their new media rights partnership, with a debut promo Thursday morning and Dana White announcing the first big event at halftime of Chiefs-Cowboys on CBS.
F1 open to exploring movie sequel with Apple as Bruckheimer, Kosinski attend Vegas
F1 is keen to explore a sequel for “F1 The Movie,” according to series executive Ian Holmes, and Hollywood luminaries Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski likely discussed that at last weekend’s Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix. The movie from Apple Original Films grossed $630M at the box office over ...
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In Baltimore, Matt Weyrich reported MASN play-by-play broadcaster Geoff Arnold is “expected to be the lone Orioles announcer to depart this offseason.” A source said that Kevin Brown, Jim Palmer, Ben McDonald, Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman and Ben Wagner are “all returning next season.” Weyrich no...
NWSL sets viewership record for championship game
The NWSL “smashed its all-time single-game TV audience record” during its championship game Saturday, as NJ/NY Gotham FC’s 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit delivered an average of 1.184 million viewers in the primetime window on CBS -- a new high for any NWSL game airing on TV. That represents a 2...
Sports Media Pod: LionTree’s Alex Michael on sports media trends
On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by LionTree Managing Dir Alex Michael for a deep dive into investment opportunities in youth sports, as well as trends in sports tech and international growth. Karp also reflects on the YouTube TV-Disney carriage deal and Nielsen’s ...
The Atlantic’s Sally Jenkins talks move from WaPo, state of journalism
Longtime sports columnist Sally Jenkins made news this summer when she left the Washington Post after 30 years to join The Atlantic. Jenkins recently sat with Poynter’s Tom Jones to discuss the move and the evolving state of sports journalism.
Chiefs-Cowboys Thanksgiving clash poised to break viewership record
The “easy prediction” for Chiefs-Cowboys on Thanksgiving is the game will “set a record as the most-viewed NFL regular-season game in history,” according to Richard Deitsch of THE ATHLETIC. The game will air at 4:25pm ET on CBS and stream in Paramount+ and Fubo. The current record was set on Thanksg...
Netflix to eye Premier League rights after UEFA setback
Netflix will “consider bidding for some Premier League TV rights after narrowly losing out on deals” to show matches in UEFA’s club competitions, according to Martyn Ziegler of the London TIMES. Sources said that the streaming giant “bid for the global contract” to show UEFA’s Super Cup and for Cham...
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In Philadelphia, Rob Tornoe noted through nine games, 76ers games on NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Philadelphia+ are up 73% compared with the same point last season, according to Nielsen numbers. That works out to an “average of about 138,000 viewers” tuning into each game. As a result, Phi...
People & Personalities: Arnold leaving Orioles broadcast team before 2026 season
In Baltimore, Andy Kostka cited a source as saying that Orioles radio and TV play-by-play voice Geoff Arnold is “departing Baltimore’s coverage team ahead of the 2026 season.” Arnold has been part of the Orioles’ announcing crew since 2020, but the source said that his contract “expired after the 20...
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You need people that can set the tone, set the culture, and set the level of play up here. And since we’re only doing that across six teams, you can concentrate the talent, not spread it across 13 teams or 30 teams. And as a result, you can have a product that every night is equivalent to a WNBA Final. That’s what we’re setting up.-- Project B co-founder & COO Grady Burnett, on recruiting talent to the new basketball league.
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