The News Review:
- Sports Executive to Leave Anheuser
- Sports Of the Times Recession Is a Relative Term in Baseball
- NY Times closes quarterly sports magazine, Play
- College Fanz Sports Network Acquires Victory Sports Network …
- Area sports in brief
Sports Executive to Leave Anheuser
Wall Street Journal
–>Sports Executive to Leave AnheuserBy. , will step down Dec. 31, capping off 26 years at the St. Louis-based beer giant.
Sports Of the Times Recession Is a Relative Term in Baseball
New York Times, United States
Mara wrote: “Money was very tight in the thirties. However according to my father, compared to other areas of the entertainment business, sports somewhat prospered during the Depression because they really offered the best entertainment for the money. ” Skip to next paragraph.
NY Times closes quarterly sports magazine, Play
CNNMoney.com
said Monday it is closing its quarterly sports magazine, Play, to cut costs and focus on other Sunday insert magazines such as its weekly travel publication, T, in a falling ad market. The November issue was Play’s last, said spokeswoman Catherine Mathis. “Certainly this is a very difficult economic period and we are looking for ways to reduce costs,” Mathis said. The magazine, started in February 2006, was written and edited by outside contractors and freelancers, so there would be no layoffs at the Times, she said.
College Fanz Sports Network Acquires Victory Sports Network …
MarketWatch
, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
College
Fanz(TM) Sports Network has acquired the Victory
Sports Network (VSN), the dominant voice of the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). “This is a tremendous opportunity for the Victory Sports Network and the
thousands of fans of NAIA schools that have made VSN successful to
expand the coverage and awareness of the nearly 300 small college sports
programs,” exclaimed Jason Dannelly, the founder of Victory Sports
Network, which is based in Grand Island, Nebraska. “This is the biggest
news ever about the Victory Sports Network and fans of all things NAIA. ”
The acquisition continues the vision of College Fanz to become the
single source for scores and information from over 1,450 colleges and
universities in the United States. Fanz can post videos, photographs,
and comment on their favorite teams and schools, participate in
contests, and communicate with other fans in a compelling and
ever-growing social network. ESPN
Founder Bill Rasmussen and College Fanz CEO said, “Adding the
enthusiasm, relationships and resources of Jason and the Victory Sports
Network to College Fanz continues our quest to develop a single site for
fans of all college sports to enjoy.
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Area sports in brief
Detroit Free Press, United States
com | Detroit Free Press. in the first round of the NCAA men’s championships. Michigan and Michigan State have first-round byes.
