Sports biz website launches
Yahoo is launching a sports business website that includes content from all of the major media companies covering the topic. The partners include Front Office Sports, Sportico, and Sports Business Journal, as well as Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, JohnWallStreet, Sports Business Radio, and The 4th Quarter. Reporters and analysts from the partners will also regularly […]
Deitsch joins Sports Business Journal as special contributor
Richard Deitsch is joining the Sports Business Journal as a special contributor. He will write a monthly feature and contribute daily news stories. “The first feature piece for SBJ will highlight one of the most respected and respected on-air people in sports working today,” he wrote on social media. Deitsch was a media reporter for […]
Recognizing Sports Business Journal’s Smith
Abe Madkour, publisher and executive editor of the Sports Business Journal, writes about longtime SBJ college sports business reporter Michael Smith. Madkour writes, “For nearly 20 years, Smith was out front in chronicling the business opportunities and challenges facing the collegiate landscape and did so with great integrity and honesty. Smith created a coverage area that […]
Sports Biz Journal reporter Sanderson departs
Wes Sanderson, a reporter at the Sports Business Journal, has left for a new opportunity. He had been with the American City Business Journals publication since October 2022. Sanderson worked as part of the Daily publications team responsible for writing aggregation stories tailored to SBJ’s audience of subscribers. He was responsible for aggregation coverage of […]
Sports Business Journal partnering on TV show
The Sports Business Journal, which is part of American City Business Journals, has struck a deal with Monumental Sports Network to start a television show. The show, called “Sports Business Journal: Inside the Industry,” will air its first show on Jan. 27 with new episodes on the last Monday of each month. It plans to […]
Sports Biz Journal hires Sutelan as senior assistant editor
The Sports Business Journal has hired Edward Sutelan as a senior associate editor. Sutelan has been with The Sporting News since 2021 after covering high school sports for PennLive. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 2019, where he gained experience covering the baseball, football and basketball teams. Sutelan also spent time working for The Columbus […]
Sports Business Journal hires Axon to cover Olympics
The Sports Business Journal has hired Rachel Axon as a full-time staff writer to cover the Olympics. She has been a long-term freelancer for the American City Business Journals publication the past eight months. Axon previously covered the Olympics for USA Today, where she was also a sports investigative reporter. She also worked at NBC Sports, the […]
Sports Biz Journal hires Cahillane to cover sports media
The Sports Business Journal has hired Mollie Cahillane to cover sports media. She will start next week and be based in New York. Cahillane was Adweek’s senior TV reporter, covering the business of connected TV, streaming news, measurement and sports media. She’s a former Cablefax editor, and has held roles at People and Daily Mail. Cahillane is a […]
Sports Biz Journals’ Madkour on covering the business of sports
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Abe Madkour, publisher and executive editor of the Sports Business Journal, about his publication and career. “Sports can be a business driver. Sports can help deliver unbelievable relationships,” says Madkour. “…There’s so many elements that I find fascinating.” Madkour’s says his philosophy is that his publication’s reporters should not […]
Sports Biz Journal LA bureau chief Mullen departs
Liz Mullen, Los Angeles bureau chief at Sports Business Journal has left. She wrote on X/Twitter: “After working 25 years at Sports Business Journal, I’ve decided to leave and do something different. I wish everyone at SBJ the best.” Mullen is now freelancing. She had joined the Sports Business Journal in 1998 as a reporter. […]
