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April 27th, 2021 Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One of the most sought-after sports podcasts has an unlikely new home. Moving forward, DraftKings will help distribute The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. According to The Wall Street Journal, the three-year deal is worth "at least" $50 million. DraftKings plans to make money on the podcast by selling advertising, as well as licensing it to other platforms. i In practice, that means the show will continue as a podcast for the next couple of w...

WWE issued the following press release: WWE® NAMES CHRIS LEGENTIL HEAD OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, SCOTT ZANGHELLINI HEAD OF REVENUE STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT STAMFORD, Conn., April 20, 2021 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Chris Legentil has been named Senior Vice President & Head of Global Communications, and Scott Zanghellini has been named Head of Revenue Strategy and Development. As part of WWE’s senior leadership team, Legentil will be responsible for the company’s communication...

WWE Hires Two New People For Senior Leadership Team WWE taping post-WrestleMania episode of RAW WWE issued the following: ); STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Chris Legentil has been named Senior Vice President & Head of Global Communications, and Scott Zanghellini has been named Head of Revenue Strategy and Development. As part of WWE’s senior leadership team, Legentil will be responsible for the company’s communications strategy. ); “Chris has...

Meadowlark Media to Name Gary Hoenig Executive Editor Gary Hoenig. | Leon Bennett/Getty Images Meadowlark Media will name Gary Hoenig executive editor, reporting to CEO John Skipper, The Big Lead has learned. Hoenig, who has a storied career spanning decades in print and new media, will oversee the companys content arm and serve as an advisor on talent decisions and existing projects. Most recently executive director of The Players Tribune, Hoenig was a founding member of ESPN The Magazine and...

WWE Announces Hiring Of Two New Executives April 20, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell WWE has announced the hiring of two new executives. Chris Legentil will join the company as the new Senior Vice President & Head of Global Communication, while Scott Zanghellini enters WWE as the new Head of Revenue Strategy and Development. Here’s the full release from WWE on the two hires, including the specifics on their roles with the company moving forward: STAMFORD, Conn., April 20, 2021 – WWE (...

In numbers released from the Tampa Sports Authority to Wrestlenomics Brandon Thurston, WWE WrestleMania 37 sold 40,806 tickets over two nights, generating a combined $6.2 million in revenue. Turnstile numbers on Saturday, April 10th had 18,328 in Raymond James Stadium with 20,172 total tickets sold while Sunday, April 11th had 18,924 in the house with 20,634 total tickets sold. Comped tickets for Saturday were 1682 and 1470 for Sunday. Revenue for both nights were virtually identical. WWE an...

Meadowlark Media tabs Gary Hoenig as exeutive editor, Carl Scott executive director of audio The hires give some insight into where Meadowlark might be heading. Dan Le Batard and John Skipper’s Meadowlark Media is ramping up their hiring. In addition to on-air talent, that includes two editorial moves announced today, naming Gary Hoenig executive editor and Carl Scott executive director of audio. (The Big Lead’s Kyle Koster reported the Hoenig hire.) From Meadowlark’s release...

Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images The future of ESPN’s Ariel Helwani is up in the air. According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Helwani’s contract with the network is worth “a little less than half a million dollars per year.” Helwani’s deal with ESPN expires in June, and while negotiations seem to be ongoing, there is no guarantee that Helwani will stay with ESPN. “Ariel does great work for ESPN and we expect that to continue going forward,” ESPN VP ...

Two big trends in 2020 were the rise in the valuation of cryptocurrencies and trading cards. Two of those trends merged together in a fast growing company called NBA Top Shot. About NBA Top Shot: Dapper Labs, the company that launched CryptoKitties, a blockchain-based game using Ethereum (ETH... Read More... Dont Miss Any Updates! News Directly in Your Inbox Subscribe to:

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, John Skipper, head of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s ESPN, discussed the sports networks subscriber exodus and how the company is adapting to the cord-cutting phenomenon. ESPN has lost seven million subscribers in the past two years. When... Read More... Dont Miss Any Updates! News Directly in Your Inbox Subscribe to: