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NFL could buck historical trends with Trump-Biden presidential rematch this fall (Awful Announcing - January 25, 2024)
MegaCast to ManningCast: Alt Broadcasts Are Changing How We Watch Sports (Front Office Sports - January 7, 2024)
Why sports rights deals are getting so expensive (The Global Herald - January 7, 2024)
Yahoo Finance interview inquiry for Ed Desser on January 5th (yahoo!finance - January 5, 2024)
Is Amazon’s interest in sports rights declining? (Awful Announcing - December 8, 2023)
Monumental, owning teams and a network, charts new course for sports TV (Washington Post - November 15, 2023)
Over-The-Air Sports Having A Moment (FrontOfficeSports - November 12, 2023)
How the NBA Plans to Remake TV Deals and Net Billions of Dollars for Its Stars (Wall Street Journal - October 18, 2023)
Ed Desser on NCAA Sports | Newsmaker (Video: Fox10 Phoenix - August 31, 2023)
Disney’s ESPN Plots Its Streaming Future, Seeking Tie-Ups With Leagues and Rivals (Wall Street Journal - August 3, 2023)
Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah (Fox10Phoenix.com - August 4, 2023)
Breaking down Colorado to the Big 12 ... and yes it DOES impact Texas (Texas.Rivals.com - July 27, 2023)
Apple, Lionel Messi and the $2.5b question: What’s Next? (TheAthletic.com - July 13, 2023)
What Messi's MLS, Apple, Adidas deal means for everyone else (ESPN.com - July 11, 2023)
In the Conference Realignment Game, a Deadline Is Not a Deadline (NY Times - July 1, 2023)
The N.C.A.A. Wants More Money From TV. Maxing That Out Could Prove Tricky (NY Times - June 16, 2023)
Messi’s Move Puts International Opportunity At Apples’s Feet (Sportico.com - June 13, 2023)
Netflix entering live sports with celebrity golf (SportsBusinessJournal.com - June 13, 2023)
Netflix to Enter Live-Streamed Sports With Celebrity Golf Event (Wall Street Journal - June 12, 2023)
Screentime: jockeying over NBA rights (Bloomberg.com - May 28, 2023)
ESPN Streaming Channel May Be Coming, but It Won't Be Cheap (The Street - May 23, 2023)
Women’s Sports Audience Opens Way for Richer Deals (Wall Street Journal-April 25, 2023)
Name, image, likeness lawsuit targets college sports TV revenue dating back to 2016 (USA Today - October 22, 2022)
Clippers will play 11 regular-season games exclusively on KTLA in 2022-23 (LA Times - September 20, 2022)
Big Ten's B1G New TV Deal (OrangeBloods - August 19, 2022)
Conference Realignment (OrangeBloods - August 10, 2022)
Could the Pac-12’s late kickoffs actually be a boost for its media rights? (AwfulAnnouncing - July 20, 2022)
Warriors, new stars and more: Why NBA’s TV Ratings are Back Up (The Athletic - June 2, 2022)
Penske positions IndyCar as ‘accessible’ alternative to ‘elitist’ F1 (Sportico - May 27, 2022)
Apple is planning to shake up its massive Services business to push further into streaming and advertising (Business Insider - May 9, 2022)
Why it matters South Carolina-UConn women’s championship game was most-watched in 18 years (Yahoo Sports - April 5, 2022)
March Madness Daily: Women Add ‘Madness‘ Brand Amid TV Dilemma (Sportico - March 27, 2022)
Report: Apple Eyeing NFL Media, Sunday Ticket in Multibillion-Dollar Package Deal (Bleacher Report - March 4, 2022)
Apple Eyes NFL Assets in Massive Billion-Dollar Deal (Front Office Sports - March 4, 2022)
What are the PGA Tour’s media rights? And how do they work? (Golf - February 22, 2022)
NASCAR kicks off critical season with broadcast talks looming (Sportico - February 18, 2022)
Struggling to watch Luka Doncic and Mavs? Bally Sports Southwest access won’t be easier anytime soon (Dallas News - February 16, 2022)
‘Phil’s making stuff up’: PGA Tour responds to Mickelson’s ‘obnoxious greed’ comments (Golf - February 10, 2022)
Knicks, Warriors Top $6 Billion in Sportico’s NBA Valuations (Sportico - December 16 2021)
NCAA left as much as $9 billion on table with its men’s tournament TV deal (On3 - November 24, 2021)
Amazon Takes Lead In Talks for NFL Media Stake (Front Office Sports - November 22, 2021)
Sports fans are being sidelined as local hoops and hockey networks fight the decay of pay TV (CNBC - November 21, 2021)
Noted media consultants Ed Desser and John Kosner weigh possibility of Super Bowl heading to PPV and how (Sports Broadcast Journal - November 9, 2021)
NCAA has failed its women’s basketball tourney. There are solutions, with a little imagination. (The Philadelphia Enquirer - August 5, 2021)
The NCAA’s shameful neglect of women’s basketball has been exposed, and it starts at the top (The Washington Post - August 5, 2021)
Lakers, Dodgers Marriage Pairs Two of Most Valuable Sports Brands (Sportico - June 27, 2021)
Dodgers-Lakers media bundle? Why Dodgers co-owners buying into Lakers is a big deal (LA Times - June 26, 2021)
Hotline series: Industry analysts discuss Pac-12 media rights strategy as the contract cycle nears its end (The Mercury News - June 8, 2021)
Hotline series: What Amazon’s exclusive deal with the NFL says about its plan for college football (The Mercury News - May 25, 2021)
WarnerMedia, Discovery Merger Could Push Netflix into Sports (Sportico - May 21, 2021)
Book review: ‘From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA’ (Ed Odeven Reporting - May 17, 2021)
How the NFL’s $100 billion media rights deal will impact college football (The Mercury News - May 11, 2021)
The NBA Player Strike - What Was at Stake? (The Noise - September 14, 2020)
What If the NBA Had Started a Football League? (The Wall Street Journal - August 9, 2020)
Sports Streaming Revolution Marches On With Data and Team Content (Sportico - July 9, 2020)
Commentary: How a 22-team playoff could help get MLB back on the field (Los Angeles Times - June 4, 2020)
How the Leafs and Raptors nearly created a TV ‘powerhouse’ (Real Sports Network - April 23, 2020)
NBA boss Adam Silver faces the league’s biggest challenge ever to restart the season, but insiders say he’s prepared (CNBC Sports - April 17, 2020)
After six years, the Dodgers’ channel will be widely available in L.A. What happened? (Los Angeles Times - April 1, 2020)
David Stern Remembered: Not All Stories Are Fit To Print (Forbes.com - January 2, 2020)
PGA Tour, LPGA television rights up for grabs: Where will golf land? (Fox Business - Dec. 5, 2019)
A twist in the Pirates’ television rights negotiations (Pittsburgh Post Gazette - July 26, 2019)
Industry Insiders Discuss NFL Ratings Expectations For ‘18 Season (SportsBusiness Daily - Sept. 6, 2018)
How the Royals' most important decision will be made in the coming months (The Kansas City Star - July 26,2018)
Sports Media Visionary Ed Desser: Legal Gambling Will Bolster Ratings for Blowouts (Sports Broadcast Journal - June 7, 2018)
PBA sees FOX Sports TV deal as a game changer (Sports Business Journal - May 7, 2018)
BJI Podcast: PBA CEO Tom Clark on leaving ESPN for new deal with FOX (Bowl.com - March 20, 2018)
PBA and FOX Sports Announce Mult-Year, Multi-Platform Deal (PBA.com - March 20, 2018)
Power Players: Ed Desser, Desser Sports Media (SportsBusiness Journal - Nov. 20, 2017)
It's ridiculous that Dodgers' historic run is not seen by majority of fans (Los Angeles Times - Sept. 2, 2017)
Ed Desser named to NHRA Board of Directors (Drag Racing Edge - July 19, 2017)
Media Expert Desser Named to NHRA Board of Directors (NHRA.com - July 18, 2017)
Predictions of lavish free-agent spending in baseball could be at odds with cable TV's fragile state (Los Angeles Times - July 11,2017)
NFL Expands Broadcast Reach to Twitter (Houston Chronicle, April 5, 2016)
Impasse Ball: Distributors, channels still at odds over Yankees, Dodgers (SportsBusiness Journal - Mar. 28, 2016)
Media Intervention Needed in Dodgers, SportsNet LA Mess (Los Angeles Daily News - Feb. 27, 2016)
The Complicated Case of the Pac-12 Networks (SportsBusiness Journal - Nov. 30, 2015)
Here Are the Real Reasons Comcast Customers Won't Get to Watch Nets, Yankees Games (Wall Street Journal - Nov. 26, 2015)
Inside the Minds of the Deal Makers (SMT Live - Nov. 5, 2015)
What Experts Hope to Learn From Yahoo's Streamed NFL Game (SportsBusiness Journal - Oct. 19, 2015)
NHRA Inks Long-Term Deal With FOX Sports (foxsports.com - July 14, 2015)
World Cup Final's American Audience Sets Record for Soccer (New York Times - July 7, 2015)
1985: The Best Year in Sports - The Ewing Conspiracy (Sports Illustrated)
Verizon Ushers in the Era of 'Skinny Cable' (Bloomberg.com - Apr. 30, 2015)
Getting Dodgers' SportsNet LA to New Viewers Affected by Media Mergers (LA Times - Jan. 15, 2015)
The Cubs And TV Rights Beyond 2015-2019 (SB Nation - Jan. 9, 2015)
On New Channel, Flame Would Never Dim (New York Times - Dec. 7, 2014)
College Panelists See Change Coming (SportsBusiness Journal - Oct. 20, 2014)
NFL Stands by Its Push to Connect to Fans Digitally (New York Times - Oct. 19, 2014)
Sports Marketing Symposium: Momentum Strong For Paying College Athletes (SportsBusiness Daily - Oct. 15, 2014)
Canada Set for a New TV Routine (SportsBusiness Journal - Sept. 22, 2014)
Cohon Builds Cultural Identity for CFL (SportsBusiness Journal - Sept. 15, 2014)
What People Were Saying (SportsBusiness Journal - Sept. 15, 2014)
How Could London Team Shake Up TV Market? (SportsBusiness Journal - Sept. 1, 2014)
Experts in NCAA Antitrust Case Duel Over Broadcast Rights (LA Times - June 12, 2014)
Fans Would Flee if NCAA Paid Athletes, Ex-CBS Exec Says (Law360 - June 12, 2014)
O’Bannon v. NCAA, Day Four (SI.com - June 12, 2014)
NBA's Clippers Defy Gravity With Team's Record Sale Price (New York Times - May 30, 2014)
Battle in L.A. (SportsBusiness Journal - Nov. 5, 2012)
LA Dodgers Secret TV Deal (Bloomberg.com - Sept. 27, 2012)
Will MLB Please Everyone, Or Leave One Potential Bidder Out? (SportsBusiness Journal - July 16, 2012)
Maple Leaf Sports Plans Broadcast Gamble (TheStar.com - Nov. 27, 2011)
We Asked The Experts (SportsBusiness Journal - Nov. 7, 2011)
The Mouse That Roared (SportsBusiness Journal - March 10, 2008)
Goodell Gets Enough Votes to Lead N.F.L. (New York Times - Aug. 6, 2006)
Desser Leaves NBA TV (Multichannel News - Sept. 25, 2005)
Will Rise of DVRs Change Sports TV? (SportsBusiness Journal - November 13, 2004)
NBA excited about Internet and digital TV (SportsBusiness Journal - December 7, 1998)