In 2021, Paramount was testing a new movie called “Something’s Wrong With Rose” — a supernatural horror film about a therapist named Rose who loses touch with reality after witnessing a patient’s bizarre suicide. Click here to read the story at variety.com. Discussion Questions:
When you’re filling out your March Madness bracket this year, forget all the research, stats, analytics, and sports podcasts. Just pick teams based on vibes. Click here to read the story at marketingbrew.com. Discussion Questions:
As more than a million soccer fans are expected to visit Qatar during the FIFA World Cup, an array of brands and tech companies are hoping to score points far beyond the Middle East in various parts of the metaverse. Click here to read the story at digiday.com. Discussion Questions:
The Washington Football Team will now be known as the Washington Commanders. Now comes the hard part. For the team that for decades went by a racist moniker, the official announcement of a new name marks the end of a search that began in earnest 18 months ago. Click here
TikTok’s grip on young audiences is a well-established fact, but the social network has just released a new report detailing how that defining trait has made it increasingly attractive to Hollywood. Click here to read the story at deadline.com. Discussion Questions: What is market research? What are the different types
Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) announced the expansion of its Nielsen Impact Score, which helps universities recruit collegiate athletes by demonstrating the marketing value of each athletic program, to now include over 100 college football programs in its database. Initially launched in October for men’s college basketball programs, the Nielsen Impact Score is
According to the headline of an op-ed she wrote for her school paper last year, Penn State senior Grace Miller really, really, really hates sports. She hates the pervasive win-at-all-costs approach that strips away the fun. She hates the “toxic culture” sports can propagate. Click here to read the story at insidehook.com.
For a third year, the National Hockey League is soliciting applications from fans ages 13-17 for a youth advisory board. The NHL Power Players help advise the NHL on hockey-related topics important to their generation. Click here to read the story at mediapost.com. Discussion Questions: What is market segmentation? Based
When the NBA introduced sponsored jersey patches in 2017, uniform advertising became a “when, not if” proposition for the rest of North America’s most prominent leagues. And with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking financial havoc on the sports industry, that “when” is now for two of the country’s major team sports.
On top of COVID-19, the national reckoning over racial and social justice, and a rapidly evolving media landscape, pro sports leagues are wrestling with yet another existential crisis: teens and young adults giving up on the game. According to ESPN data cited in a recent Washington Post article, while 96% of teens
🍔x 54 is a lot of burgers lol. Thanks for the heads up @PatrickTJoyce. Culver's on me the next time I am back in Madison!
Congrats on the W + 54 points, @giannis_an34! Come see us for your 54 cheeseburgers! To celebrate, we'd also like to make a donation of 54,000 diapers to @MKEdiaper. We appreciate all that you and @mariahdanae15 do for the city of Milwaukee!
