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Elevate, a sports and entertainment consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Moulton to the new role of chief talent and people officer, reporting to Elevate Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Al Guido. Moulton will be responsible for driving Elevate’s people and talent agenda and overseeing the build of a new division, Elevate Talent, […]
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Activision Blizzard has hired Major League Baseball executive Tony Petitti as president of sports and entertainment to oversee esports, consumer products, and film and television at the organization. “Tony is one of the most highly regarded executives in sports and entertainment,” said Bobby Kotick, chief executive officer of Activision Blizzard. “His success in media and […]
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Going six weeks without sports is making the fandom world start to go a bit stir-crazy, but NBA Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts has a firm message: Don’t rush things. “Our fans are more loyal than I think many of us appreciate,” Roberts said during the final virtual Sports Business Journal/CAA World of Sports […]
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Activision Blizzard and Google have announced a multiyear strategic relationship that will have YouTube as the exclusive streaming partner worldwide, excluding China, for live broadcasts of Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, Hearthstone Esports and more. The deal was announced right before the inaugural Call of Duty League’s city-based setup began with 12 teams competing […]
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The new city-based format for the 2020 Call of Duty League will be altered slightly to have a tournament-based format starting with its second week of play in London. Activision Blizzard says the format is “both familiar to the legacy of Call of Duty esports and fresh amidst the backdrop of our city-based franchised structure” […]
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The Overwatch League‘s Houston Outlaws have been sold by Immortals Gaming Club to new ownership in Beasley Media Group ahead of the 2020 season. Immortals took ownership of the Outlaws in June after buying the team’s parent company, Infinite Esports and Entertainment. Immortals took over Houston with the focus on selling the team given its […]
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Activision Blizzard Esports has sold two new franchise slots for its city-based Call of Duty esports league to Los Angeles and Florida, with the L.A. franchise being bought by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the owner of the Los Angeles Rams. The Florida franchise will be opened by Misfits Gaming, a UK-based professional esports organization. The […]
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Based off the runaway success of the Fortnite World Cup in New York, Epic Games will be starting a Champions Series beginning with the game’s 10th in-game season, scheduled to start August 1. The Fortnite game publisher says it will offer millions of dollars in prizes based around an online leaderboard. The World Cup staged […]
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Johanna Faries has been named the commissioner of Call of Duty Esports, one year after joining Activision Blizzard from the National Football League. Faries will be in charge of COD’s transition from a seven-team league that had all of its events in California to having each of its teams based in its own city. Next […]
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