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Podcast: Unofficial Partner Guest: Barney Francis, IMG (formerly Head of Sky Sports)
Summary
Barney Francis offers an insider's view of the sports media economy, drawing on his experience running Sky Sports and now leading IMG's production business.
Nice post on the connections beneath the football banter industrial complex, as I'm now calling it.
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An origin story linking Goldbridge to True Geordie and Steven Bartlett?! 🍿 #theclub #thekickoff #thetruegeordie #markgoldbridge #theunitedstand
♬ Looming - Perfect, so dystopian
1. 11 minutes of game time, three hours of ads.
2. Half time as culture war
“From the War Department, we salute Turning Point USA and everyone who believes freedom is still worth the fight,” Hegseth said in the video. “Thank you for your courage as an organization, your clarity
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Pete Fitzboydon, former CEO of Sussex County Cricket Club, reveals the stark financial realities facing non-Test hosting counties. With only 7 out of 50-60 annual playing days generating profit, counties survive primarily on ECB funding - approximately £3m of a £5-10m turnover.
Outgoing Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley was quoted on the "festivalisation" of the core tennis product:
As well as the One Point Slam, this year's Australian Open featured an opening ceremony that doubled as an evening with the ever-popular Federer, plus superstars such as