The end of Geoblocking: boring but important
Moves to create a connected digital single market just went a step further. Wonder what this might mean for sports rights? The borderless nature of digital technologies means it no longer makes sense...
View ArticleThe power of saying ‘I don’t know’
How important is genuine expertise when it comes to getting ahead in the sports business? Not much, is my view. But that doesn’t stop us wanting to appear experts. The mix of easily available...
View ArticleIn praise of compression
In his new book, historian Dominic Sandbrook makes a good point about compression. Sandbrook posits the theory that the rise of British advertising industry was aided by the restrictions imposed on...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end of the sports leadership analogy
By far the most revealing political interview in recent weeks was Eamonn Holmes‘ down the line with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the party’s conference in Brighton. It revealed very little about...
View Article10 Things on the gap between Adidas and Nike
1 Adidas has launched their Kanye endorsed ‘Yeezy’ trainer. Sport and fashion, old story. And a new one. 2 By most measures, Nike is bigger. 3 The gap is further revealed in the relative ambition:...
View ArticleHow fans changed
There’s long been a belief that the press are there to tear down celebrities, from insider stories of drug-taking to magazines showing shocking pics of megastars without their make-up.But the shift...
View Article“Once you’re looking for it, you see signs of access panic everywhere”
Having read John Herrman’s spectacular dissection of the media, it’s impossible to read or watch anything without the phrase ‘Access Panic’ springing immediately to mind. It asks so many good...
View ArticleThe Jack Nowell Brand, part 1
Jack Nowell is ‘the tattooed, rat’s-tail haired son of a Newlyn trawlerman’ Jack Nowell dropped out of the New Zealand tour to get his knee right Jack Nowell scored a try against Scotland Jack Nowell...
View ArticleFighting the flab
The Wall Street Journal is rethinking how it tells stories. And how much space they give them. A memo leaked to Poynter gives the detail. Digitally, we will be requiring higher-quality stories much...
View ArticleAllardyce Lost – Unofficial Partner on the SportsPro podcast
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