0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/9/2011
Ok, now that the Olympics bidding is over until the next round sometime later this decade, I can focus on other sports media stories and there are quite a few of them now. The Hollywood Reporter notes that embattled cyclist Lance Armstrong has taken down his anti-60 Minutes website stating its report on his alleged […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/8/2011
Been to a couple of jobsites already today on this scorcher of a day. I hope you’re inside and not working. Not easy to be working out of doors with temperatures in the 90’s. Don’t overexert yourself and drink plenty of fluids. And most of all, stay cool. Of course, the big story is still […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/7/2011
A news conference is underway between NBC and the International Olympic Committee formally announcing the new four Olympiad agreement that keeps the Games on NBCUniversal through 2020. NBC’s bid totaled about $4.38 billion with a sponsorship likely thrown in by minority owner General Electric which has said it has wanted NBC to remain in the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this lazy Sunday. Kari Lipschutz of Adweek writes that it’s a photo finish in the race to the US rights to the 2014/16 Olympics. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press looks into the Olympic bidding. David Lieberman and Patrick Hipes at Deadline wonder what losing the Olympics could mean to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/27/2011
I think I’ll have to add some more linkage tonight. Not sure of my schedule this holiday weekend so I’ll take the opportunity while I can. Scott Cacciola of the Wall Street Journal says Bristol, CT residents aren’t happy over how their town is portrayed in the new ESPN book. Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/24/2011
As the temps reach the high 70’s in Southern New England, it’s time to bring you the linkage on this Tuesday. In Sports Business Journal, John Ourand takes away ESPN’s arch-rivalry with NBC from the new book “Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside The World of ESPN.” USA Today’s Mike McCarthy notes a couple […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2011
The last couple of days have killed me going to New York on Friday for business then having to go to work on Saturday preventing me from really reacting to the Dick Ebersol resignation. I will do a Sunday thoughts column today and also start answering the mailbag. Good questions from all of you. If […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this Tuesday. News broke last evening about Gus Johnson leaving CBS and possibly going to Fox. We’ll be following this story today and anything else that breaks. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk examines the move by CBS to allow Gus to walk away. Mike McCarthy of USA Today bids […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/9/2011
This weekend was a very lost weekend for me and for you on the blog as I was unable to do anything either Saturday and Sunday. I attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday in Massachusetts and that took most of the day, then I went to a sports bar that night to see the Manny […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/3/2011
Again, I’ve been all over the place and can’t really blog like I want to, but I do what I can. Some links while I’m free and not committed to anything. The Pac 12 media deals with ESPN and Fox will be made official later this week, but we do know some details. First, it’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/24/2011
I hope you’re having a good Easter if you observe. If you don’t observe, then I hope this will be a relaxing Sunday for you. A couple of years ago, I did a post on handicapping the US TV Olympic bids and it was very well researched using New York Times and Sports Illustrated articles. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/23/2011
Let’s do some linkage. I couldn’t get to them yesterday as I was racing in between two offices and by the time I got home, I wasn’t in the mood to sift through media links. I’ll do some now and include some Friday stories. First, USA Today’s Michael Hiestand looks at the old ABC’s Wide […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/20/2011
Let’s do some links today. I hope to get some other things done today and some time down the road, I need to do some work. We begin Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch who gives us his March Media Power List. Some good names on it. Some links from USA Today and lots of good ones […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2011
I need to get these up quickly as the NBC/NHL conference call will occur at 1 p.m. today. I won’t be able to monitor it, but I do hope to provide details as they become available. Lots of links to get to. The major news of the day thus far is NBC’s renewal of its […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/17/2011
Time for the Sunday links. Quite a few to get to. Dennis Dodd from CBSSports.com looks at the increasing rights fees for college football. Erick Smith of USA Today says the University of Miami is in talks with ESPN about a “Hard Knocks”-type reality show for its football team. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2011
Let’s provide you with some more links. Stephen Wilson of the Associated Press says the International Olympic Committee hopes to have the US TV rights for the 2014/16 Olympics and possibly the 2018/20 Games awarded by mid-June. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand notes that without UConn in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Game, ESPN did not […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2011
Versus has formally announced that it will air Thursday’s UFC Live card in Louisville, KY in the third dimension. This means about 45 people across the country will be able to see this. Anyway, it marks the first UFC card ever to be carried in 3-D. It’ll be sponsored by Versus’ parent company, Comcast and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/23/2011
It’s Wednesday. It means we’re midway through the week which is a good thing. It also means time for the linkage. I hope to get this done before I have an appointment so let’s get cracking. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks about the NBA’s ratings increases on ESPN and TNT. Mike McCarthy at USA Today’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2011
Ok, I have some time to do some blogging this evening and I figure I’ll do the Friday megalinks, something which has been sorely lacking here. Let’s get cracking on the links. As always, you can check the Weekend Viewing Picks for all of your weekend in sports and primetime TV. Now let’s do your […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/10/2011
Let’s do some links for you on this Thursday. I hope to be able to do a bit more in the later part of the week unlike previous weeks where the links stop on Wednesday. Plenty of stuff to go over. Michael Hiestand has a couple of articles on CBS/Turner changing the way we’ll watch […]
