Live events like concerts, baseball games and car races will remain a healthy and viable business over the long term despite the 2020 impact of COVID-19, in the view of Liberty Media chairman and billionaire media sage John Malone.
“The thesis of live events is still a good one,” Malone said at his company’s annual…
(UPDATED WITH SAM GORES’ MEMO) The future of the Paradigm Talent Agency could lay in Casey Wasserman's hands.
While we hear talks for the LA28 Olympics chair to take over the once lucrative music assets of the Sam Gores-run company are still pretty fluid, there is no doubt that conversations are being had that would…
Former Turner president David Levy is close to signing on as senior advisor to newly formed Arctos Sports Partners, Deadline has confirmed.
Negotiations are nearly wrapped up with the private equity firm that launched in April to focus on acquiring minority stakes in professional sports franchises and provide…
Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Shad Gaspard was found dead Wednesday on a Los Angeles beach after going missing in a swimming accident over the weekend, authorities said. He was 39.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office confirmed to Deadline that a body discovered along the shoreline near…
Like its big-media peers, ViacomCBS is coping with myriad questions about the road to recovery through COVID-19, but its message to advertisers this week included a particularly bullish statement from CBS Sports.
“The absence of sports is something we certainly miss dearly,” James Brown, host of studio show The NFL Tod…
Michael Jordan and his dominant Chicago Bulls remain a huge draw more than two decades after their last NBA title. The final two episodes of the 10-part ESPN docuseries The Last Dance drew 5.89 million and 5.4 million viewers, respectively.
Sunday’s hourlong ninth episode watch the most-watched since Episode 3 on…
UPDATED with more details:Fox’s coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series’ return to action Sunday drew a 3.7 rating and 6.32 million viewers, according to Nielsen data. The race, the fan-free Real Heroes 400 live from Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, was one of the first live sporting events in the country since the…
The return of Bundesliga soccer from COVID-19 lockdown (in an empty arena) hit a record high with its Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke matchup with a .33, marking the best metered market rating ever for a Bundesliga telecast on FS1.
In the match, Dortmund beat Schalke, 4-0. On Sunday, Fox Sports released the following in…
Phyllis Ann George, the 50th winner of the iconic Miss America pageant, pioneering sportscaster, and former First Lady of Kentucky, died Friday following a long struggle with a blood disorder.
George was born June 25, 1949, in Denton, Texas. She attended the University of North Texas for three years until being…
Are you ready for some football? Not just yet, but the NFL has given the green light its teams to reopen their facilities — assuming they meet a number of criteria.
Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams’ top officials today that says: “Clubs may reopen their facilities beginning on May 19 if they are…
DraftKings reported a 30% upswing in first-quarter revenue from its core sports betting operations as wider legalization offset the impact of COVID-19.
Revenue hit $88.5 million as net losses widened to $68.7 million from $29.6 million in the year-ago quarter.
The company is newly consolidated, so the numbers stem…
Say it ain’t so, Joe. Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck said today that NFL broadcasts on his network will use recordings of crowd noise and fake images of fans in the stands if the league’s games are barred from having real fans attend.
Buck made the revelations while talking to Andy Cohen on the Sirius XM show Radio And…
