Sports TV Rights: The Next Bubble?
As rights fees get richer and consumers get poorer, cable companies and other distributors will feel the squeeze.
Tom Van Riper, Forbes StaffAs rights fees get richer and consumers get poorer, cable companies and other distributors will feel the squeeze.
Tom Van Riper, Forbes StaffNBA owners and Commissioner David Stern are awaiting feedback from the players' association on their latest proposal, and the standing rhetoric as of Wednesday noon is that a failure to complete a deal by Wednesday evening would cause the owners to further recoil into their shell and become stingier with subsequent proposals. read »
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My colleague Michael Ozanian authored a piece on Tuesday offering his insights as to the possible financial implications upon Penn State that may arise in the aftermath of the growing scandal involving the alleged sexual abuse of pre-teen and teenage boys by long-time assistant football coach and now suspected pedophile Jerry Sandusky. read »
I managed to slip away from my clients today to sit in on the kickoff lunch of PRWeek's NeXT Conference held at The Times Center in New York. It was great seeing some old friends, (including a few former interns now running agencies). read »