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david preshlack
John Ourand March 25, 2024
After rescuing Diamond Sports Group from bankruptcy, C.E.O. David Preschlack now faces the unenviable task of cutting deals with various cable providers and leagues to satisfy the courts that this thing is a going concern. Here, for the first time, he chatted candidly about his burden.
ken griffin
John Ourand March 21, 2024
Griffin’s bid for a minority stake in the team, which was foiled by a thwarted path to control, nevertheless creates a new high-water mark for the NFL and its “membership” of billionaires.
jimmy pitaro
John Ourand March 19, 2024
News and notes on the topics percolating around arena corporate suites as March Madness beckons: the groundswell of support, no matter how fantastical, for Pitaro as the Iger succession process begins, and Pete Distad steps into Spulu.
Len Perna
John Ourand March 15, 2024
A group of 20-odd executives have banded together to unofficially explore the further migration of college football into a more professionalized and exploitable realm. It’s the latest micro-escalation in what increasingly seems like a foregone conclusion.


roger goodell
John Ourand March 12, 2024
Is the NFL commissioner angling to add an 18th game to the schedule? And will the league’s media partners, which aren’t exactly sitting on mountains of cash, put up a fight?
david zaslav
John Ourand March 8, 2024
Yes, everyone already hates Spulu—the streaming consortium between Disney, WBD, and Fox that we still know basically nothing about and promises to make a genuine problem worse. Now, the bundle has a new nemesis grousing around, and they’re ready for a fight.
andy jassy
John Ourand March 4, 2024
Sure, Amazon’s lifeline investment in Diamond Sports left plenty of the industry’s top executives scratching their heads. But did Prime just gain an unassailable first-mover advantage in local sports streaming?
major league baseball
John Ourand February 29, 2024
Yes, yes, Diamond is emerging from bankruptcy with that $115 million Amazon dowry, but the industry’s largest owner of regional sports networks has a whole new slew of problems to solve now.


trevor story mlb pantsgate
John Ourand February 26, 2024
News and notes on a shocking, stupid, and increasingly serious micro-scandal.
roger goodell
John Ourand February 22, 2024
A morality tale about the time that the newly expanded College Football Playoff thought it could program its games during a Saturday slot that the NFL has dominated for years. Nice try, kids!
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