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In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Tom McMillen, president and chief executive of the college sports’ Lead1 Association. Fisher and Russo also discuss Major League Soccer’s new eight-year betting data and streaming rights deal with Endeavor-owned IMG Arena, the Las Vegas Raiders’ historic hire of new team president Sandra Douglass Morgan, a preview of sports merger-and-acquisition activity in the second half of 2022, a pair of key upcoming industry conferences, and the new five-year employment contract for Live Nation chief executive Michael Rapino.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has led the international sports community’s tributes to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in the Japanese city o…

Dutch telecoms operator Ziggo has renewed its naming-rights sponsorship of the multi-purpose Ziggo Dome arena in Amsterdam

Andreas Heyden has been appointed as chief executive of German streaming platform S Nation Media

Subscription sports platform DAZN will offer three packages to customers in Spain from August 1 in order to incorporate its newly-acquired domestic rights to LaLiga, the country's top-tier football competition

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (WBDS) has announced a record first half of the year for audience and engagement in Europe, stating that the figures buck the trend when compared to recent industry expectations

Executive for Ticketmaster parent in line to earn at least $30m annually

Franck Guignery, IMG’s vice-president and managing director in the Middle East and North Africa, is to leave the agency, SportBusiness understands.

Thomas Fuhrmann, head of sport at German public broadcaster ZDF, is to relinquish his position in October

Cryptocurrency broker and lender Voyager Digital, a partner of the National Women's Soccer League and the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Western countries have reiterated calls for international sports federations to suspend Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in their events amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

The National Football League's Seattle Seahawks and National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers are "not for sale," the teams' owner Jody Allen has claimed

StayLive, the Spring Media-owned OTT streaming service provider, has recruited Matthew Parker from Endeavor Streaming to the role of global head of sports

Sports content plays a key role in network's accelerating ad sales

CSM Live, the branding, signage, experiential and live event division of the CSM Sport & Entertainment agency, has appointed Andreas Schrott to head up a new office in Germany