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The sports power struggle

June 26, 2007 - 9:45am — yelvington

Writing for followthemedia.com, Philip Stone has a good roundup of the blooming power struggle between sports sanctioning organizations and the media.

At the other end of the spectrum, Steve Klein notes that the National Hockey League is setting up a "blog box" -- a special area for live bloggers -- at some of its venues.

What's going on? Is the NHL enlightened and the rest of the sports world stuck in the dark ages?

I don't think so. This is fairly simple: It's all about power. The strike-weakened NHL needs all the attention it can get. Other sanctioning bodies are feeling secure, and they're going to grab for what they can.

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In my "spare" time I occasionally speak and/or teach workshops related to Internet news publishing and participative/citizen media.

Upcoming:

Ifra India CEO-Publishers Conclave, Sept. 16-17, Goa, India.

Southern Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention, Oct. 19-21, Turnberry Isle, Florida.

Forum Lokaljournalismus 2009, January 21-23, Schwerin, Germany.

I spoke on social networking earlier this year at
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In 2007 my appearances included Paris, France; Istanbul, Turkey; Barcelona, Spain; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Rust, Germany.

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