Looking for a little #WednesdayWisdom? We’re pulling out past stories that are still just as relevant today. Here’s a pearl from Jim: The Big 3: Horse Racing, Boxing and Baseball.Sometimes it’s worth stepping back and realizing how much time changes things. That’s not true just because it’s interesting and enlightening to do so, but because it can also be inspiring. It’s a reminder that not only can things change, but that they certainly do. Big, immovable, permanent “truths” turn out not...

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Looking for a little #WednesdayWisdom? We’re pulling out past stories that are still just as relevant today. Here’s a pearl from Jim: What Does a Ticket Really Get You?Most of the people who are reading this post sell tickets, and we even talk about the Ticket Business. But I’ve always believed that the ticket is the last thing we should be talking about, and the last thing buyers actually care about. Nobody, outside the odd collector, places value on the...

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Looking for a little #WednesdayWisdom? We’re pulling out past stories that are still just as relevant today. Here’s a pearl from Jim: Why Channels Matter: The Golden Eggs.For live entertainment and arts, perhaps even more than for most other things, channels matter.What do I mean by a channel? In nature, a channel is a waterway or a clear and navigable path through the sea. In broadcasting or in marketing, that definition became somewhat more metaphorical, as a TV “channel” is...

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Looking for a little #WednesdayWisdom? We’re pulling out past stories that are still just as relevant today. Here’s a pearl from Jim: The Future Is a Niche Market, Part III. [This article was originally published in 2008.]When I was a kid (not that long ago, sorta), roller derby was in its waning days as mainstream television fare. It never made the networks, but every local station had straight-faced broadcasts of tough, serious men and REALLY tough women skating around the...

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Looking for a little #WednesdayWisdom? We’re pulling out past stories that are still just as relevant today. Here’s a pearl from Jim: The Future Is a Niche Market, Part II. [This article was originally published in 2009.]A recent USA Today article gives a nice overview of how “non-major” sports leagues (like professional lacrosse, women’s soccer and arena football) are doing. Here’s a fairly representative snippet:“While a few big-league teams defy the economic logic of the times — take the New...

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