According to the Hollywood Reporter, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the WWE’s request for a temporary restraining order granting the sports and entertainment company the opportunity to protect it from anticipated bootleggers that will sell unauthorized and infringing merchandise at Wrestlemania, the biggest weekend in the company’s year. Judge […]
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McMahon featured in Forbes
Forbes.com posted an article which features WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. The article boasts the achievements of McMahon while cautioning about the risks of the WWE Network. The article, written by Lifestyle editor Michael Solomon, is an overall positive piece on the McMahon success story. The piece highlights the company’s big investment in the […]
The Wrestling Post – WWE hits all-time stock high and its CEO is worth $1B
Tech issues hamper WWE Network launch
On Monday the WWE launched its much heralded Network which it advertised to be available on almost every platform imaginable. The good news is that number of those signing up exceeded expectations. The bad news is that it is experiencing technical difficulties across most platforms. The WWE’s technological partner in the venture, MLB Advanced Media, […]
The Wrestling Post – 02.17.14
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this post we talk about the looming WWE TV rights fee deal and a new toy deal for the company. Exclusive rights period ends between WWE-NBC Universal Friday was the last day for the exclusive negotiating period between the WWE and NBC Universal to come up […]