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FSB Daily 10/23: NFL.com Exec Talks Fantasy, FSV roundup

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– NFL.com general manager Laura Goldberg will be at the Nov. 12 NewTeeVee Live conference to talk the big business of fantasy football.

– Forbes.com recently posted a video in which national editor Michael Ozanion chats with Fantasy Sports Ventures founder Chris Russo about his company and the fantasy industry. Speaking of FSV, the company made its first actual investment in gaming in late September, when it purchased 25 games from RealTime Fantasy Sports. FSV also recently added Orangecast Social Media to its lineup.

– NovaFantasySports.com recently announced a content agreement that will place its NFL news on PlayerPress.com’s homepage.

– The Hartford Courant’s website now features the Game Forecast service provided by Accuscore.

– We may not even be to the World Series yet this year, but Sporting News already wants to know what will be on your mind for the 2010 baseball season. The staff is soliciting questions from readers for the next yearbook, offering a free copy for any query that makes it into print.

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FSB Daily 1/7: Fantasy Law, PFW, PageFad, FS Counselor

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– How far can we take this fantasy concept? How about putting together your own team of law professors?

Pro Football Weekly, one of the most respected football publications on the market, is debuting a mobile site this playoff season. Life keeps getting better for the fantasy player on the go.

– The Hartford Courant profiles PageFad, a company that enables you to create competitve sports teams composed of your online friends. More significantly, though, the article offers a primer on the virtual-goods market, which is still young but reportedly growing.

– The Fantasy Sports Counselor is looking to add writers, particularly those with competence outside the mainstream fantasy areas of football and baseball.

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FSB Daily 10/6: New and Old Steer Online Advertising

Monday, October 6th, 2008

A roundup of recent posts on the FSB News page.

– Montreal-based iPerceptions found in a study that text advertisements still fare the best among online consumers and that less-affluent Web surfers are more likely to click through.

– Fantasy site owners could find a lesson or two in how to market via social networks or how to sell such a setup to potential advertisers by reading about how some top global brands are leveraging the hottest new medium.

– “FSTA Frontline” is a new newsletter from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.

– In an interview with Men’s Fitness, Yahoo Sports’ Ashley Russell says women in her fantasy football league fought fiercely on their first draft night a year ago.

– Is the NHL dooming itself to a future of relative obscurity, or should it just embrace its market and cater to it better? Two Hartford Courant reporters square off with the opening of the new season.

Skyrocketing travel costs for college sports teams could threaten some programs and alter the schedules for announcing championship playoff brackets.

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