Media,
Advertising, B2B and Agency News Around The Web -
October 2019


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Sports
Sports
Betting Television
Wrestling
Business
Gaming
Entertainment
Pop
Culture Steaming
Advertising
Promotions

WWE's
top brass Vince
McMahon under a lot of pressure to see SmackDown
soar at FOX

Paul
Heyman likely WWE's best creative talent in years;
Credited to lift in programming

Chris
Jericho best talent (and mastermind hire) of All
Elite Wrestling; Followed by Jim Ross
Jericho
launches Web
Is Jericho as strategic news positioning for further
dominating internet
News
Corp top brass including Michael Miller continues
to advocate for paid news, be it News.com.au
or Eastern Suburbs based locals such as Southern
Courier; Eastern
Suburbs Media
News
Corp and others not happy with FAANG factor; Continue
to lobby Australian Government
FOX
TV / FOX
Sports keeps the pressure on Vince McMahon's WWE,
especially SmackDown
WWE's
Vince McMahon known to override at least one or two
Paul Heyman decisions
WWE's
Eric Bischoff hasn't been seen on TV for the longest
time
UFC's
Dana White not happy with Melbourne Government over
ring card ban at UFC 243
Digital
news media mergers abound
Vox
Media acquired New York Media
Vice
Media snaps up Refinery29
Group Nine Media snatches PopSugar
LRefinery29
raises $US133 million since 2005 launch
How Refinery29 bootstrapped for 8 years, caught fire,
and raised $US133 million only to end up selling
to another struggling startup, Vice Media, for mostly
stock
eBay aims to boost
advertising to a $US1 billion business by re positioning
as alternative to Amazon
et al
eBay is ramping up its sales efforts to take aim at
Amazons giant advertising business
Taboolas
mergers with Outbrain
Taboola
and Outbrain to battle Facebook and Google for advertising
dollar
Tanya
also spoke with Dell CMO Allison Dew about the computer
giants focus on first-party data amid upcoming
privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy
Act and its experimentation with an in-house agency.
Samba
TV looks to grab consumer content startups
Netflix
always on lookout for more programs to reach Stranger
Things and GLOW type popularity
Cannabis
startup Tokr
raised $US1 million in seed funding; Plans to increase
audience appeal
Streaming
service SoundCloud
continues in popularity; Media
Man channel adds content
YouTube
may launch own pro wrestling channel (rumor); Follows
YouTube Movies etc
WeWork mixed
news reports see management and staff leaving; IPO
dud stirs industry
One
Championship to become more aggressive in American
mixed martial arts market (UFC)!
MTV's
Celebrity Death Match may come to the party with Ten's
broadcast into Australia


Beware
the FAANG factor; News Corp attack dogs at the ready.
Encouraging Aussie Gvt

David
Rowe, Australian
Financial Review illustrator encourages Media
Man to get Media
Watch!
News
Media
& Marketing section of The Sydney Morning Herald
/ The Age continues to impress
Australian
surfing coverage friendly war heats up; Tingle news
media and yarns from the deep
Australia
Sports Entertainment and Media Man Sports team up
again to offer greater coverage and reach in online
environment
Advertising
Agencies enjoying the upcoming WWE - All Elite Wrestling
"war"; Impact Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling
and even Australian based pro wrestling companies
such as Battle Championship Wrestling, PWA, IWA, AWF,
may benefit with buzz, media, attendance and even
sponsorships
ABC
ramps up coverage on Science and Environment
The
Beast wins Media Man 'Community Media' award
Succession
on HBO popular series for media and fans to discuss
in detail via the web
Succession
commentary from media and fans - October - November
2019
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