Play it, Sam.

Play it, Sam.

by | Jun 29, 2025

  These Columns are usually provoked by sportbiz events around Albachiara workflows, which find a natural narrative prop in the popular culture of film, literature or music. This week we’ve been thinking a lot about Sam Renouf and the PTO, doing amazing things in...
Finding the stop-loss in sport.

Finding the stop-loss in sport.

by | Jun 15, 2025

Many thought that the Wrexham FC celeb story would have legs. It was, and is, the early poster child of Sportbiz 2.0, where audience, influence and followers can trump tradition and the natural hierarchy of things. To be clear, in old money, proper footballing...
Football… where everybody knows your name.

Football… where everybody knows your name.

by | Jun 1, 2025

On occasion it seems the world wants to remind you of something, leaving little signals everywhere. When Norm Peterson (actor George Wendt) of Cheers left us this month, it smelt exactly like one of those moments.  This is a Sunday Column that I’ve always been...
Publisher is Dead

Publisher is Dead

by | May 18, 2025

This isn’t an article about failed business models of digital content, viewability metrics, or low programmatic CPMs. Alas no. But if you’re into that stuff……you may, en passant, like this old Column.  The fourth estate is bankrupt. The time for merely predicting what...
Papa’s got a brand new bag.

Papa’s got a brand new bag.

by | May 4, 2025

  The return of the Sunday Column last week was part of a TTMYGH five-essay compendium about Fourth Turnings, called Fin de Siècle. “Fin de siècle” is a French term meaning “end of century”, a phrase which typically encompasses both the meaning...