A brief history of Twitter users confusing Nationals beat writer Mark Zuckerman with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg runs Facebook. Mark Zuckerman covers the Nationals. A disturbing number of Twitter users can't tell the difference.
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MLB on Facebook Watch debut tried to make adjustments on the fly, but alienated some fans
The debut had its ups and downs including a glitch in the 5th inning
Will fans embrace MLB games only available on Facebook?
The Great MLB on Facebook Experiment is about to begin.
CBS Sports and Stadium will both produce some games exclusively for Facebook as part of new Conference USA deal
In addition to games for CBSSN, CBS will produce three football games and six basketball games per year exclusively for Facebook. And Stadium will do the same for seven football games and 10 basketball games per year.
Facebook hires Eurosport’s Peter Hutton to pursue global live sports rights deals
Hutton has plenty of experience in global sports rights, once acquiring European Olympics rights for Eurosport.
After reducing news in feeds, Facebook plans to emphasize “high quality” news with user survey. What does that mean for sports?
Will Facebook's surveys about "trusted" news outlets affect the visibility of those outlets' sports coverage? What about sports-only outlets?
NowThis brings their website back after three years. Will other publishers follow?
In 2015, NowThisNews shuttered its website to live exclusively on social media platforms, saying "Homepage. Even the word sounds old." Now, they've brought their website back.
Ratings be damned, the NFL will still command high media rights fees
If you think the NFL will see less money for Thursday Night Football, think again
New LSU OC Steve Ensminger calls criticism “bullshit,” says “I don’t read the damn paper, I don’t go on Twitter”
"I don't read the damn paper, I don't read Twitter, I don't go on Facebook, and I tell my family to stay off of it."
The Ball brothers’ Lithuania basketball debut drew an insane amount of viewers
Over 100,000 viewers? For a basketball game in Lithuania?
Facebook reportedly seeking an executive whose job will be negotiating sports rights
Facebook appears to be going all in on live sports streaming.
Facebook to exclusively broadcast 47 college basketball games, in partnership with Stadium
The games mostly involve schools from smaller conference, though Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, Minnesota and others are on the schedule as well.
NowThis, NHL and Golden Knights partner for Facebook series, which will touch on Vegas shooting response
"Home Team: The Vegas Golden Knights" premiered Wednesday on Facebook Watch.
The Cubs sound satisfied with Facebook streaming test run, want to expand OTT coverage
The Cubs could sell over-the-top rights separate from their regular TV rights when their current deal runs up in 2020.
Facebook mid-roll video ads aren’t making much money for publishers, posing sports issues
“They are paying literal pennies in CPMs."
Facebook signs two-year deal to show NFL highlights right after games, have NFL create highlights shows
This deal will see NFL highlights available globally, plus some NFL-created exclusive highlights shows for U.S. users. Facebook hopes to make back some of the cost with mid-roll ads.
Barstool signs Facebook deal, deletes “fucking nauseating” post on “hottest college athlete”
Barstool Sports signed a deal with Facebook for an original campus show this week. They also deleted a post commenting on the appearance of Ohio State's women's hockey goalie Maggie Cory.
Facebook was willing to bid $600 million on cricket. What other live sports will it want?
Facebook appeared to be wiling to make second-tier deals until this latest bid for cricket
