Media & Entertainment Law

Weekend Reading

IMG is taking over college athletics and why you should care (USA Today)

Economic crisis apparently has skipped Australia, at least where footy is concerned; AFL looking for a A$1 Billion TV rights deal (AFL.com)

Economic crisis in full flavor in US; personal seat license prices drop for first time (Bloomberg)

Apparently Major League Baseball's aversion to gambling doesn't extend to lotteries, at least where there is a chance for a team to make a few bucks (Boston Herald)

Remember the NHL's lockout season - it may turn out to be the very thing that gets the league through the economic crisis relatively unscathed (Orange County Register)

Will Twitter eliminate the need for PR agents and the press who are served by them - Shaq announces latest endorsement deal on Twitter (Sportsbiz on CNBC)

49ers and Santa Clara closing in on new stadium deal, while Major League Baseball and A's explore stadium deal with San Jose (Silicon Valley Business Journal and here)

Full post as published by Sports Biz on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).