Did NFL clamp down on highlight footage usage?
A very minor observation, but if you’ve been watching highlights on ESPN and FOX Sports (and their Internet counterparts) you might have noticed a dramatic decline in use of highlight footage.
For as long as I can remember, any mention of an NFL player would warrant a run of highlights. Now, we’re treated to zooming in [...]
Who is paying $3 million for Super Bowl ads this year?
According to Reuters through Wall Street Journal, ads for Super Bowl XLIII start at $3 million for 30 seconds, the highest starting price for Super Bowl ads ever. NBC claims most of their ads have sold, despite the tough economy.
Super Bowl regulars like FedEx and GM have bowed out, but Pepsi, Coke and Anheuser-Busch remain [...]
Press Row featured at Voice of the Box
I recently chatted with Matt Crevin from Voice of the Box, who managed to catch me on video and talked about some of my previous football work experiences. Check it out…
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Len Pasquarelli sighting: ESPN Podcenter
Just updating a previous post: it looks like Len Pasquarelli has returned to ESPN.com.
A podcast posted today (9/2/08) featured Pasquarelli making division predictions with Jeremy Green. Check out where it appeared on ESPN’s NFL page:
For starters: we’re certainly glad to see that Len has recovered well enough from his heart surgery to return to the [...]
Interview with Kerry Byrne, Cold Hard Football Facts
Cold, Hard Football Facts embodies everything that the new wave of sports media represents.
They have the time and resources to take deeper dives that the “lowest common denominator” newspapers don’t touch. They can post things that have little to do with the game, without worrying about the editor’s wrath. Their excellent writing gets publicity in [...]
Where will Jay Mariotti end up?
Like him or not—and I don’t think many do—Jay Mariotti’s departure from the Chicago Sun-Times leaves yet another sizeable void in the sports newspaper world.
While his editor seems to think Mariotti’s strange exit will produce some mysterious spike in readership, bringing back all those jilted Chicagoans that just boycotted the paper because of Mariotti, [...]
The downfall of credibility
To the casual fan, the world of sports media looks stronger than ever.
Networks like ESPN/ABC and FOX offer unprecedented levels of coverage, both online and on television. (Just look at NBC’s projected coverage of the Olympics–a great read from The Globe and Mail in Canada.) The blogging realm gains more and more steam, with thousands [...]
The legacy of Len Pasquarelli
Lost in today’s celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s six newest members (including former 49ers great Fred Dean) was the 40th annual presentation of the Dick McCann Memorial Award.
Per the Pro Football HOF’s website: “The Dick McCann Memorial Award, which is named after the first director of the Pro Football Hall of [...]
Media news: LA Times bloodbath, bloggers get richer, disillusioned print media
- The prolonged march of death for the newspaper industry continued today as the LA Times laid off 150 (!!!) of their staffers, all part of a greater plan of eventually cutting the cord on 250 employees (!!?!??!), or 17% of their staff.
The mass genocide coincided with the resignation of Ann Marie Lipinski, [...]
Abbott Lines: 7/13 and 7/14
What Are Abbott Lines?
After the legendary Boston Garden closed in 1995, auctioneers looking for salvageable memorabilia found highly valuable pieces in out-of-the-way places: An abandoned darkroom was inches deep in vintage photos of Hall of Famers, while the arena’s original blueprints were stashed in a wooden trunk near the roof. It seems safe to say [...]
