MLB All-Star Game, Forbes, and an Update on Bloomberg TV Sports Business Pilot
6th June 2010
All things considered, media has been good for me these days. Yes, I’m still looking for a full-time writing gig. Yes, I’d take a consulting or full-time position with a club or agency, but in the meantime, it’s nice to be wanted.
In mid-May I accepted an invitation to write for Forbes’ SportsMoney (see my article archive). Being a contributor gets me in some extremely fine company. Besides Forbes senior writers and editors Michael Ozanian , Kurt Badenhausen, Tom Van Riper, and Paul Maidment, there’s sports economist and author Andy Zimbalist; Lee Igel an assistant professor at New York University; Andrew Brandt, the former player agent and president of the Green Bay Packers who is now president of the National Football Post; Wayne McDonnell who is Clinical Associate Professor of Sports Management at New York University, and one who has offered frequent content to BizofBaseball.com, and; Kristi Dosh, an attorney, baseball blogger, and one working on a book on collective bargaining in MLB. Like I said, good company.
The Forbes work has been a nice add, and opens some doors, but the best news I’ve gotten in a long time is that I have been approved to cover the 2010 MLB All-Star Game in Anaheim this year. Getting your foot in the door for what is considered a “jewel event” by MLB is not easy for an independent new media writer, such as myself. While I have been freelancing for Yahoo Sports, The New York Post, Baseball America, and shortly, MSNBC, MLB approved BizofBaseball.com through their media affiliation program, a sign that they view the site as a legitimate news organization reporting in an “at large” capacity. Next stop? An attempt to get credentialed for the World Series. After that? Let’s see what happens at the Winter Meetings.
Finally, I reported last month that I was part of a sports business pilot for Bloomberg Television. Well, that show has been shelved. I need to contact one of the producers, but word is that the content filmed last month might be interspersed throughout regular programming on Bloomberg Television. Hey, just getting in front of the camera is always a great learning experience. Recall doing my first piece for ESPN and I felt like Albert Brooks’ character Aaron Altman in Broadcast News when he had the sweat machine turn on. The Bloomberg filming felt easier, which shows I’m either getting more comfortable doing television, or I realize that Bob Costas and Dan Patrick really have nothing to worry about.
OTHER NEWS FROM THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK
(THE BIZ OF BASEBALL)
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- Orioles Relieve Dave Trembley of Managerial Duties
- In-App Advertisement Seeps Into “At Bat 2010″ for iPad
- Statue of Red Sox “Teammates” to Be Unveiled At Fenway on June 9
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June 6th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Thanks for the mention, Maury! I still am so honored to be in your company when just three years ago I was citing you in my law journal article. I sincerely hope we can meet one day – maybe winter meetings this year!
June 6th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Not a problem, Kristi. Been to the last two Winter Meetings, and hope to be at this year’s in Florida. If so, we’ll have to chat.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:03 am
The MLB All-Star Game is taking place in Anaheim this year on July 13. I am reading a book called “100 Sporting Events You Must See Live” by Robert Tuchman and he ranks this event at number 40 on his list.