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Spectra

Chris Hartweg — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:12:03 +0000

Philadelphia, Pa.-based Spectra (f.k.a. Global Spectrum, Ovations and Paciolan) is a former unit of Comcast Spectacor that In Nov 2021, was acquired by Oak View Group. At the time of acquisition, Spectra served 330-plus clients at more than 400 properties globally, including public assembly facilities such as arenas, casinos, civic and convention centers, community ice rinks, fairgrounds, performing arts centers, stadiums, university convocation centers, theaters and trade and exposition . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for FREE Rookie membership. Rookies can view select TMR Insider™ content as well … Continued

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adidas AG

Chris Hartweg — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:53:02 +0000

(See the adidas America profile for North American specifics.) Adidas AG (stylized with lowercase a adidas since 1949) is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Ger. The company's U.S.-based unit is adidas America. Adidas primarily designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world (No. 1: Nike). The company was started by Adolf Dassler . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for FREE Rookie membership. Rookies can view select TMR Insider™ content as well … Continued

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DraftKings

Chris Sanft — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:45:15 +0000

DraftKings is a Boston-based daily fantasy sports (DFS) contest provider established in 2012 by Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish and Paul Liberman originally operating out of Liberman's house. By late 2016, DraftKings had become the largest DFS company in the U.S. and remains No. 1 in the U.S. today. DraftKings' DFS product is available in 8 countries with 15 distinct sports categories. Following their three-way merger with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: DEAC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and SBTech,

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Facebook

Chris Sanft — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:26:06 +0000

(See Meta for more company details.) Facebook, Inc. is an online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, Calif. Founded Feb 4, 2004, by Harvard College students Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The name comes from "face book" directories often published for American college students that would include student names, photos and other contact information. The founders initially limited membership to Harvard students before adding Columbia

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McDonald’s

Chris Hartweg — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:39:36 +0000

Chicago-based McDonald's Corp. is the world's largest fast food restaurant chain with 39,198 locations internationally, including 13,682 U.S. locations, at the end of 2020. More than 90 percent of restaurants are independently owned and operated franchises. Each day, the company's restaurants serve more than 69 million customers in more than 100 countries. For 2020, McDonald's reported total revenues of $19.208 billion, down 10 percent from 2019 due primarily to coronavirus impact . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for FREE Rookie membership. Rookies can view select TMR Insider™ content … Continued

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Amazon

Chris Hartweg — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:48:52 +0000

Amazon.com, Inc. is Seattle, Wash.-based multinational technology company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos on Jul 5, 1994, as an online bookstore. The website later diversified to sell video downloads/streaming, music downloads/streaming, audiobook downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys and jewelry. The company also owns a publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, a film and television studio, Amazon Studios, produces consumer electronics lines including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for FREE … Continued

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Nerd Street Gamers

Chris Hartweg — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:08:59 +0000

Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) is an esports network headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., focused on serving semi-professional and developing competitive gamers. Founded in 2009 by entrepreneur John Fazio in the Jarvus Innovations Incubator (as N3rd Street Gamers, in a nod to their address), NSG promotes access to the esports industry by "increasing the amount of in-person competitions run on high-quality equipment at affordable prices." What started as impromptu LAN parties in a software engineering office quickly developed into a support system and home for some of the East Coast’s largest gaming communities. By . . . To read the most recent … Continued

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EA Sports

Chris Hartweg — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:25:12 +0000

EA Sports is a division of Electronic Arts that develops and publishes sports video games. EA Sports is based in Redwood City, Calif., with a majority of the games developed by EA Vancouver, Electronic Arts' studio in Burnaby, B.C. The brand was established in 1991 as part of an Electronic Arts marketing campaign, to imitate real-life sports networks as the "EA Sports Network" (EASN) with endorsements from actual commentators such as John Madden. The Madden-branded game actually pre-dates EA Sports as . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for … Continued

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Fanatics

Chris Hartweg — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:12:43 +0000

Fanatics, Inc. is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based online retailer of licensed sportswear, sports equipment and merchandise. Brothers Alan and Mitch Trager started the company in 1995 as Football Fanatics, a brick-and-mortar storefront in Jacksonville's Orange Park Mall. The store was focused on the Jacksonville Jaguars and local collegiate team merchandise. By 1997, a second store had opened in the Avenues Mall. Brent Trager, Mitch's son, helped create and build an online presence starting in 1997 . . . To read the most recent two months of TMR Insider™ news and insights, simply register for FREE Rookie membership. Rookies can view select … Continued

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DAZN

Chris Hartweg — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:35:14 +0000

DAZN is a subscription video streaming service dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand streaming of events from various properties and owned by Perform Group DAZN first launched in Austria, Germany, Japan and Switzerland in Aug 2016. Canada launched Jul 2017. In May 2018, the U.S. was added, followed by Italy in Aug 2018, and then Spain and Brazil in 2019. In Dec 2020, DAZN dramatically increases its global presence with the expansion of its service to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The DAZN app is available "on any device – including smart TVs, smartphones, streaming sticks . … Continued

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