USA Today Sports Media Group GM Chris Pirrone joins Arena as SVP and GM of Sports Illustrated Media Group
"We are thrilled to have Chris lead the next wave of innovation at Sports Illustrated and The Arena Group’s sports vertical."
"We are thrilled to have Chris lead the next wave of innovation at Sports Illustrated and The Arena Group’s sports vertical."
"It's been documented that we don’t get the media coverage."
The last couple of years have seen an incredible surge of interest in the Negro Leagues and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and a front-page USA Today front-page story on the museum and CEO Bob Kendrick adds to that.
Sports+ launches in Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
The five-year deal is worth over $100 million.
One of the last remaining ad-supported big newspaper sites has shifted to a paywall.
"Like many places, USA TODAY values “equality and inclusion,” but only as long as it knows its rightful place, which is subservient to white authority."
Who thought this was a good idea?
"[Press boxes] could be a whole lot more empty when we come back out."
"Was the Super Bowl halftime show obscene?" That virulent Gil Smart take could have been kept to the Treasure Coast Newspapers, but USA Today decided to infect the rest of the country.
"I’ve enjoyed an incredible run."
USA Today's paid print circulation (including 342,000 in hotel distribution at a reduced price) is down to 520,000, 22 percent of what they had in 2007.
"I’ve talked to several teams and I’ve asked them, ‘Have you heard Greinke’s name anywhere?' And the answer is always, ‘No.’ I just think that contract is so exorbitant, and Greinke is an acquired taste. He’s out there pitching every five days, but it’s not like he’s out there doing promotions or marketing or anything like that. So I get the feeling more and more that he may remain a Diamondback the rest of his career."