2025-09-27
Finally, a private equity deal in college sports.
Wall Street Journal
Sources: EA is in talks to go private in a deal valuing it at ~$50B; investors include Jared Kushner's PE firm and Saudi Arabia's PIF; EA closes up 14.87%
Investors including Silver Lake eyeing deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever
2025-01-11
BREAKING: Venu Sports, the product joint launched by ESPN, Fox and WBD, will be “discontinued”. [image]
The Hollywood Reporter
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels
Sigh. Streaming TV prices are going to get obscene in 2025. — www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24... Mastodon: @SuffolkLITLab@esq.social : TL;DR: Venu Sports, the anticipated joint st...
2025-01-10
BREAKING: Venu Sports, the product joint launched by ESPN, Fox and WBD, will be “discontinued”. [image]
The Hollywood Reporter
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels
The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
2022-09-24
BREAKING: @Apple is taking over as the next sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. Taking over for @Pepsi which declined to renew after a decade as the @NFL's partner. 120 million people watched the show this year. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Apple signs a multiyear NFL deal to have Apple Music replace Pepsi as the main sponsor for the Super Bowl halftime show; sources say the NFL was seeking ~$50M
Or Won't—Perform At The Super Bowl Halftime Show Marketing Dive : Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl Halftime Show as services take spotlight Sissi Cao / Observer : Apple Will Be th...
2019-11-14
BREAKING: Big news in retail. @Nike will stop selling product directly through @Amazon. Company was two years into relationship with Amazon. (w/ @spencersoper) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #SportsBiz
Bloomberg
Nike will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon, ending a pilot program that began in 2017
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2019-11-13
BREAKING: Big news in retail. @Nike will stop selling product directly through @Amazon. Company was two years into relationship with Amazon. (w/ @spencersoper) https://www.bloomberg.com/... #SportsBiz
Bloomberg
Nike will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon, ending a pilot program that began in 2017
- Move follows naming of ex-EBay CEO as Nike's next chief — Nike Inc. is breaking up with Amazon.com Inc. — The athletic brand will stop selling its sneakers …