. @JimVandeHei founded the two most successful digital media start ups of the modern era - Politico and Axios. IMO, there is no digital media entrepreneur who rivals what he has accomplished. He's out with a new book about his life and work: https://t.co/frsgO6rYhK
Of note: This new division is run ENTIRELY by (amazing) women. Congrats to @raisazaidi@juliet_bartz & fearless leader Erica Winograd on this milestone.
🚨🚨🚨🎬 Axios Entertainment inks Amazon deal and provides pitching shows w Tom Brady’s Shadow Lion, Chrissy Teigen‘s Huntley Productions, Media Res, Guy Ritchie, Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas, among others.
https://t.co/Y0J0HXBLcq
Amazon has greenlit 'The Money Game' — a new docuseries on the impact of NIL within 2023-24 LSU Athletics.
Athletes followed include:
• Livvy Dunne
• Jayden Daniels
• Angel Reese
• Flau'jae Johnson
📺 Get an exclusive all-access pass to @LSUSports’ 2023-2024 athletic season with a new TV series from Axios and Campfire Studios coming this year to @PrimeVideo. Read more about “The Money Game” in @Deadline: https://t.co/VE8jgzJN5a
The warning from Sudan is dire: Nearly six months of war have created a deepening health crisis that could lead to hundreds — if not thousands — more deaths if the fighting does not end.
https://t.co/bKTiZvSSaU
#stop_the_war_in_sudan#السودان
The current NCAA volleyball attendance record is 18,755.
But Nebraska just sold 82,900 tickets in 48 hours for a match at their football stadium this fall.
That will make it be the 2nd biggest women’s sporting event in US history, behind the 1999 World Cup Final.
Incredible.
The New York Giants have a new draft room.
• 1,200 square feet
• 42 flat-screen TVs
The coaches had to print out labels and put them on magnets last year, but everything is now 100% digital and controlled by an iPad.
No windows. All business.
NEW on @axios: The top brass at @wsj@washingtonpost@nytimes will run a joint letter as a full-page, color ad in all three of their papers tomorrow urging support from the Biden Administration in fighting for the release of Evan Gershkovich.
Ad below:
https://t.co/gMYcAXSSqn
The battle for the women’s college basketball championship on Sunday between Louisiana State and Iowa drew an average of 9.9 million viewers, making it the most viewed NCAA women’s basketball final in television history, ESPN said on Monday. https://t.co/4Ln7SXqZDG
The LSU-Iowa National Championship game averaged 9.9 million viewers.
That’s a 103% increase from last year and makes it the most-watched NCAA Women’s National Championship game IN HISTORY.
Wowwww. Huge number 🤯
Our 2nd annual #WhatsNextSummit will feature interviews with innovators who are revolutionizing the future of work, space travel and the metaverse.
Register: https://t.co/uZ1SnWEB9F
🗓 March 29 at 8:30 AM ET
Stay tuned for speaker announcements. We'll thread them here.👇
News: One of the most important developments so far in the nascent 2024 presidential race - Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest. In a questionnaire to Tucker Carlson .. w @maggieNYT https://t.co/lFFyiG76Nl