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Rookie NBA player Zion Williamson locked in a multiyear partnership with NBA 2K in a deal that will include appearances at consumer events, social activations as well as in-game initiatives."I'm excited to officially join Team 2K and be a part of this global phenomenon, where people around the world can play as me," Williamson said. "I'm ready to put my imprint on basketball culture and be a part of the team that represents what's next in the sport." Major League Soccer announced a slate of player engagement initiatives designed to aid players as they progress through their playing careers. The program arises in partnership with Southern New Hampshire University and will provide mental health services, educational resources and career development opportunities. The resources and programming are centered around seven core areas: Character, Career, Currency, Connection, Cognition, Change and Care. Another aspect is the launch of the MLS Greats Network and is open to any player who has ever signed an MLS contract, aimed at maintaining camaraderie and connection between the players, their clubs and MLS after they transition out of the locker room. ESPN, X Games and MLB are working together on a Shred Hate campaign, in partnership with No Bully and DoSomething.org in a move to encourage young people to take action against cyberbullying. All-Star First Baseman for the New York Mets and 2019 T-Mobile Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso joins five-time X Games Medalist Gus Kenworthy in taping a public service announcement as part of this campaign, which runs on DoSomething.org through September 15. Southern Utah University Athletics announced a multi-year partnership with Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment that grants the agency exclusive rights to negotiate corporate sponsorships, media sales and more on the Thunderbirds' behalf. Van Wagner will represent SUU's 17-sport Division I program to find opportunities that will increase exposure of the athletics department and its more than 350 student-athletes. DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
The German Football Association selected Genius Sports to launch a new integrity program that will monitor over 7,500 games a year to prevent match-fixing and betting-related corruption. Beginning with the 2019/20 season, Genius Sports’ Bet Monitoring System will provide vital visibility across global betting on all Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, German internationals, women’s and youth team fixtures. ESPORTS
Sportradar and Riot Games are aligning for an integrity services partnership. Under the terms of the deal, Sportradar Integrity Services will monitor the global betting activity taking place with relation to domestic and international League of Legends esports competitions organized by Riot Games and report any potential integrity issues to the company. Sportradar Integrity Services will also providing Riot Games with access, as needed, to its specialized Intelligence and Investigation Services unit, and the companies will work together to review the esports organizer’s in-house integrity policies, procedures, and future educational programs for professional esports competitors. Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment are opening the doors to the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational, a large scale esports tournament featuring the largest collection of competitive talent ever for an Apex Legends event and running Sept. 13-15 in in Kraków, Poland. 80 teams will participate with three players per team in a bracketed tournament for a prize pool of $500,000. The Kellogg Company is entering the amateur esports space through a new partnership with N3rd Street Gamers, sponsoring a new Overwatch esports tournament with its Cheez-It Grooves product. The tournament, a “Major” in NSG’s National Championship Series will begin on October 4, in Denver. NSG and Kellogg’s will also host National Championship Series Academy Tier events in markets including Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Spokane and Colorado Springs. In addition, Kellogg’s is hosting Gaming and Snacking watch parties for The Overwatch League Grand Finals in select Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Shoppers will enjoy Cheez-It Grooves, Pringles and Rice Crispy treat samples, while watching The Overwatch League Grand Finals. Misfits Gaming named Greg Stangel as the team’s Chief Revenue Officer. Stangel will be responsible for global sales and partner relations as well as strategically growing and driving revenue across the entire organization, including the monetization of future home games of our Overwatch League team, Florida Mayhem. He most recently served at Fox Networks Group where he was Senior Vice President on their Global Solutions team, The Madison Square Garden Company announced that Dan Fleeter has been named head of MSG’s esports division. Fleeter most recently served as vice president of Corporate Development for The Madison Square Garden Company and was on the Board of Directors of Counter Logic Gaming. He will now oversee all business operations for CLG and serve as CLG’s chief operating officer. INDUSTRY & ROSTER MOVES
Big news on the firm front as Rogers & Cowan and PMK*BNC announced their merger, which will blend a client roster of more than 500 actors, musicians, producers, directors, content creators and athletes in the world, as well as over 30 major brands, to form the new entity. Led by Chairman Cindi Berger and CEO Mark Owens, the combined new agency will be represented by a team of 350+ of the world’s best marketing and communications experts across film, television, digital distribution, music, fashion, sports, gaming, technology, brand marketing and social media. The combined new company will have offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Miami, and London, and will be part of the Octagon Sports and Entertainment Network. The Arizona Coyotes announced that businessman Alex Meruelo has purchased the controlling interest in the team from Andrew Barroway, making him the new Majority Owner, Chairman and Governor of the NHL team and the only Hispanic controlling owner of a National Hockey League club. Todd Kline, a former AEG Global Partnerships executive joined Endeavor as SVP Sports Talent and Property Sales where he will oversee all sales work for WME’s sports talent clients, as well as premium property sales and naming rights across Endeavor THE MAIN EVENT
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ON THIS DAY in 2007: The Minnesota Timberwolves trade Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics. In the Know: Kevin Garnett topped the NBA in defensive rebounds for five consecutive seasons. Who broke that streak? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your company and city). Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: 1988 saw Tommy Lasorda’s Dodgers beat which team in the World Series? Answer: The Oakland Athletics. Kudos: Mike Coyne-BIG EAST/NY; Greg Maltzman- Up Down Digital/NY; Michel Neuman-Scout Sports and Entertainment/NY; Rick Ramage-United Talent Agency/NY; Scott Lipsky-United States Golf Association/Liberty Corner; Marlon LeWinter-NRGized Media/Delray Beach; Robert Mercado-beIN SPORTS/Miami; Randy Ingram-WISH/WNDY-TV/Indianapolis; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; Lance Davis-ESPN Milwaukee-Good Karma Brands/Milwaukee; JT Ward/Spark Foundry-Chicago; David Hauptman/Denver; Rich Wolfe-Lone Wolfe Press/Scottsdale; Dave Sikula-San Francisco State University/San Francisco; Rich Greene-Casa Del Verde Productions/LA; Andy Babb-Super League Gaming/Santa Monica; Joe Keaney-The Switch/Burbank; | 2900 W Alameda Avenue, Suite 500 | Burbank; Bruce Catania-El Rey Network/LA
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MANAGER, AD SALES INSIGHTS, PRIMARY, TARGETING & ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH >>
Turner Sports
NYC
Run custom primary research projects for Turner Sports Ad Sales, including ad effectiveness, ROI studies, audience targeting and attribution, from design to final presentation of results to both internal and external clients
Full info/apply HERE
MANAGER, AD SALES INSIGHTS, PRIMARY, TARGETING & ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH >>
Turner Sports/NYC: Run custom primary research projects for Turner Sports Ad Sales, including ad effectiveness, ROI studies, audience targeting and attribution, from design to final presentation of results to both internal and external clients. Full info/apply HERE (8/13)
MGR, CAMPAIGN REPORTING & ANALYSIS >>
Viacom/NYC: Resp for media campaign reporting, data aggregation & analysis for performance mktg initiatives. 3-5 yrs exp digital mktg & analytics role on either in-house/client side or at a media or dig. agency w/exp in programmatic & social measurement. Full info HERE (8/13) MGR, MULTI-PLATFORM MEASURMENT & ANALYTICS >>
Viacom/NYC: Develop/produce regular & ad-hoc reporting, providing various corp stakeholders w/an understanding of how Viacom’s brand portfolio is consumed by distributor and platform.3-5 yrs of exp in TV /video audience research. Full info HERE (8/13)
DIGITAL STRATEGIST >>
Octagon/Stamford CT: Resp for developing and executing investment recommendations for our clients and generating social and digital first marketing campaigns and strategies tailored to specific business objectives. BA deg related field or min 3+ yrs exp in digital/social strategy. Full info HERE (8/12)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MORNINGS WITH MARIA >>
Fox Business Network/NYC: Responsible for overseeing content for a three-hour morning cable television news program. 8+ years’ experience producing at a local station or News network, Full info HERE (8/12) DIRECTOR, AD SALES >>
The Weather Channel and Entertainment Studios/Chicago: responsible for generating ad revenue for the Midwest and Detroit Region and achieving target goals. Serve as primary lead with Midwestern Region agency and client relationships. 10 yrs of relevant exp with demonstrated achievements. Full info HERE (8/12)
VP, BRAND MARKETING >>
POINTS BET/Jersey City NJ: Join a growing & fact-paced team in need of VP w/huge hunger & passion for sports knowledge to create, implement, and innovate impactful brand campaigns across advertising, content, PR & more. 7-10 years of consumer brand marketing, sports exp a huge + Full info HERE (8/7) MGR, CORPORATE RESEARCH & ANALYTICS >>
Viacom/NYC: Responsible for audience analysis of media consumption for Viacom TV networks & competition at the corporate level. Deep interest in entertainment, TV & the media business. 5+ yrs exp with Nielsen audience analytics. Full info HERE (8/8)
SPECIALIST, AFFILIATE SALES & MARKETING >>
MLB/Secaucus, NJ: Knowledge & passion for baseball and hockey, as well as the media industry a must. Support the affiliate sales dept thru variety of mktg & acct mngmnt tasks. 2-4 yrs exp in TV, advertising, affiliate sales or production industries are preferred. Full info/apply HERE (8/8)
VP, UNSCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT >>
Brian Graden Media (BGM)/Hollywood CA: Lead team’s ideation of program concepts, w/boundless enthusiasm for their own ideas, as well as others. Create sales strategies. Exp w/successful track record at production company/studio in a development role actively selling shows. Full info HERE (8/8)
MGR, AD SALES PARTNERSHIPS >>
A+E Networks/NY: Manage the departmental activities for monetizing network content & assets to drive national ad sales revenue for A+E Networks, Lead 360 ideation & response on all RFPs under assigned categories, including meeting w/ account executives, advising on pitch strategy & leading brainstorms w/ internal resources. Full info HERE (8/8)
COORDINATOR & MGR AD SALES MARKETING (LA) & MGR, INTEGRATED AD SALES MARKETING (NY ) >>
Discovery Inc/LA & NYC: Strategic visionaries to help dvlpmnt & execution of cross-pltfrm mrkting prgrms for studio & ent ad sales sponsorships for Food, HGTV and Discovery networks. Collaborate w/sales/internal teams to dvlp multi-pltfrm RFP responses. APPLY (8/7)
SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE>>
XUMO/NYC: Resp for growing adv revenue from an assigned list of ad agencies & regional territories. Dvlp sales strategy & strategic plan for generating ad sales for the roster of nat’l clients within your assigned list. 5+yrs National TV or Digital, programmatic, ad sales exp. Full info HERE (8/7)
SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE>>
XUMO/LA: Resp for growing adv revenue from an assigned list of ad agencies & regional territories. Dvlp sales strategy & strategic plan for generating ad sales for the roster of nat’l clients within your assigned list. 5+yrs National TV or Digital, programmatic, ad sales exp. Full info HERE (8/7)
SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE>>
XUMO/Chicago: Resp for growing adv revenue from an assigned list of ad agencies & regional territories. Dvlp sales strategy & strategic plan for generating ad sales for the roster of nat’l clients within your assigned list. 5+ yrs National TV or Digital, programmatic, ad sales exp. Full info HERE (8/7)
AD SALES- SALES PLANNER>>
Crown Media Family Networks/NY: This position is responsible for PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE Ad Sales team by working with Account Executives to service clients on a daily basis. BA/BS req & Min 2 yrs exp. Apply HERE (8/6)
AD SALES- ASSOCIATE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, DIRECT RESPONSE>>
Crown Media Family Networks/NY: This position is responsible for negotiating the sale of short-form commercial inventory to Direct Response advertisers for. BA/BS req & Min 2 yrs exp. Apply HERE (8/6)
SALES RESEARCH DIRECTOR>>
ION MEDIA/NYC: Oversee the Sales Research team and arm the Sales group with network performance metrics, competitive advantages & thoughtful research stories. 7-10 yrs of Sales Rsrch exp within the media industry. Exp w/Nielsen systems & other research tools (Nielsen, MRI, iSpot, etc.) Full info HERE (8/6)
DIRECT RESPONSE, VP>>
ION MEDIA/NYC: Oversee/mng all aspects of the Direct Response (DR) business for ION Television. A deep knwldg of DR Market. 15+ yrs of DR selling exp in media or a related field. 3+ yrs of exp managing people or leading a sales team. Strong negotiation skills. Full info HERE (8/6)
ASSISTANT TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER>>
The Steve Wilkos Show/NYC: Liaison between Executive Producer and prod staff regarding meetings, updates, and staffing. Min 1 yr prod exp or admin exp in TV setting pref’d. Self-starter w/ Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Full info HERE (8/2)
BOOKING PA>>
The Steve Wilkos Show/NYC: Book guests and multiple stories to appear on the show work w/guests who will appear on the show while they are in town for taping. Min 1 year of TV exp with a talk show, news or court program, or other relevant experience (including internships) or BA deg pref’d. Full info HERE (8/2)
TALENT RELATIONSHIP MGR>>
SCPR-KPCC/LA: Work across the organization to connect & engage talent w/all SCPR activities & its brands incl fundraising, live events, social media content creation & more. 4+ yrs talent mngmnt, talent relationships & booking & similar. Ability to multi-task w/high level of org in timely manner. Full info HERE (8/2)
VP SALES>>
The Design Network/NYC: Lead sales with brand partners, advertising agencies, and grow its revenues in OTT. Experience in working with Sr management to align sales strategies and solutions. Full info HERE (8/2)
SENIOR ANALYST, AD SALES RESEARCH>>
Discovery/NYC : Seeking rschr w/ strong knwldg of Nielsen data/reporting systems & exp leveraging variety of rsrch to provide data driven intelligence in support of ad sales/marketing for lifestyle brands. Provide data/insights incl audience profiles/trends & market/industry intelligence. 3-5 yrs exp req’d. Full info HERE (8/2)
SALES PLANNER>>
ION MEDIA/NY: Oversee and maintain all sales plans from conception to completion. Starting with proposals, through revisions that include pricing changes, cancellation to campaign reports. 2+ years of experience in a media company, or advertising agency preferred. Full info HERE (8/1)
MANAGER OF DEVELOPMENT>>
NY Production Company: Growing production co is seeking a passionate self-starter and idea generator. This position will play a pivotal role in idea generation, treatments, casting, sizzle/pres creation, and pitch process. Min 3 yrs dev exp, plus excellent understanding of dev workflow on both prodco and network sides. Full info HERE (8/1)
DIR. TRADE MKTG>>
NBCUniversal/NY: lead NBCU dev and curated leadership events and strat presence at media industry conf and events. In addition, work closely with Mktg and Ad Sls grps to craft an annual strat to deliver NBCU Ad Sales priority messaging. 7-10 yrs exp dev and executing events, presentations, spons, creative and promotions. Full info HERE (8/1) |
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