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10/30/15: Kia ventures toward the NBA’s jersey shore; FOX’s World Series coverage gets chatty; Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment has a new CEO

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 10.30.15 Good morning. It’s Friday October 30, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The NBA is busting through the jersey barrier, and is planning to add a sponsor’s logo to its jerseys. The league will allow Kia to place its logo on a 3.25-inch-by-1.6-inch patch that will be displayed on […]

10/29/15: Lorne Michaels’ prod company launches new comedic sports platform; New Apple TV to debut Friday; YouTube debuts its new subscription service YouTube Red

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.29.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday October 29, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS What do Andy Samberg, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Wyclef Jean have in common? If you answered “sports,” then, bizarrely enough, you’re correct. They and others will contribute to The Kicker, a sports and comedy-centric streaming […]

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10/28/15: Supergirl flies high; Fox gives full season order to The Grinder; Good news and bad news in latest GLAAD report

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10/28/15: Twitter announces World Series ads, stagnant user growth; Snapchat unveils promoted Discover page; Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation garners 3M North American Viewers

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.28.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday October 28, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   During a Q3 Earnings call, newly minted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced plans to roll out new TV ads during the World Series. But unfortunately for Twitter, the call wasn’t all peanuts and Cracker […]

10/28/15: Fantasy sports look for control; IndyCar sked takes the long road; T-Mobile takes the plate

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 10.28.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday October 28, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Amid rough headlines for the daily fantasy sports industry, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association announced that it will launch the Fantasy Sports Control Agency and appoint Former Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris to chair […]

10/27/15: Cynopsis Jobs

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JOB OF THE WEEK DIRECTOR PR USA NETWORK NYC Lead PR campaigns with 7 yrs TV publicity exp required. Must be PR leader w/strong writing skills. Full info/apply HERE. CYNOPSISJOBS 10.27.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, October 27, 2015, and this is your weekly issue of Cynopsis: Jobs! CYNOPSIS JOBS JOB OPENING: COMMERCIAL CLEARANCE COORDINATOR/DISNEY/BURBANK: […]

10/27/15: Ricky Gervais goes Golden Glob-al; E! cancels Stewarts and Hamiltons; It’s a very Kennedy November on Reelz

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10/27/15: Yahoo’s NFL live stream gets 15.2M viewers; Next gen Apple TV now available for pre-order; PewDiePie passes 40 million YouTube subscribers

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.27.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday October 27, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Yahoo streamed the first-ever Internet-exclusive NFL game Sunday. According to Yahoo and the NFL, 15.2 million unique viewers (about 10 million of them in the U.S.) caught the match-up between the Buffalo Bills and […]

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