Variety reports that WME-IMG is forming a national political action committee (PAC). WME-IMG co-CEOs, and UFC owners, Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell authored an internal memo that outlined the PAC and the reasons for setting it up. The memo was careful not to take a side either way but the PAC was set up in […]
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Spike TV to rebrand to Paramount TV
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Spike TV will be rebranded as the Paramount Network. A formal announcement will happen on Thursday during Viacom’s quarterly earnings call. Kevin Kay, the SpikeTV head is expected to stay on with the rebranding according to the report. Rebranding could begin as early as 2018. The network’s target demo has […]
UFC Fight Night 104 draws 1.158M viewers, Prelims 834,000
UFC Fight Night 104 drew 1.158 million viewers on Saturday night on FS1 per Sports TV Ratings. The prelims which preceded the main card drew another 834,000 on FS1. Sports TV Ratings indicates that the main card (airing from 10pm-12:59am ET) which featured the return of The Korean Zombie as he KO’d Dennis Bermudez drew […]
USADA declares “no fault” finding for fighter’s use of meldonium
Daniel Omielańczuk has agreed to a “no fault” finding of his positive test for Meldonium this past July. The result is based on a January 2016 out-of-competition test. But, due to the change in WADA policy, he was kept on his last fight in July 2016. A portion of the USADA news release reads: Omielanczuk, […]
GSP and MMAAA lawyer leaves Weil for boutique and open own consulting practice
James Quinn, the lawyer for Georges St. Pierre and MMAAA, has moved from to boutique litigation firm Berg & Androphy per Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Journal. Quinn has left Weil Gotschal where he worked for more than 40 years. According to Mullen, Quinn also will open a consulting practice entitled J.W. Quinn ADR. […]