Christopher Harrington
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Wrestling
Analysis: Twitter Account Purge Erases About 2% Of WWE followers
On July 11, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the service would be removing locked accounts from follower counts starting Thursday. As explained by Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde, these “locked accounts” are usually “created by real people” but Twitter “cannot confirm…
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Wrestling
Analysis: WWE Co-Presidents host conference call formally announcing domestic Raw & SmackDown deals
WWE Co-Presidents Michelle Wilson & George Barrios hosted a conference call on Wednesday morning following Tuesday night’s formal announcement that WWE had secured “multi-year media rights deals with USA Network and Fox Sports”. Both the new distribution deal for SmackDown…
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Wrestling
Analysis: WWE Stock Soars On Reports Of Massive Domestic TV Rights Bids From Fox & NBCU
The financial outlook for WWE’s improved substantially this past week based on favorable stories at the Hollywood Reporter and ESPN suggesting big money deals from NBCUniversal and Fox in their bids to secure the future rights to Raw and SmackDown…
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Wrestling
WWE Lawsuit Reveals April 2018 – March 2019 Touring Schedule
On Monday, WWE filed a “verified complaint for injunctive relief” against potential bootleggers (identified as John and Jane Does and XYZ Corporations) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The purpose of the lawsuit is…
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Wrestling
Exclusive Look: Bagwell & Raven Receive No Money From WWE To Drop Their WWE Network Royalties Lawsuit
New WWE filing states that neither Marcuss Bagwell nor Scott Levy received any money from WWE in order to drop their royalties lawsuit. On Friday, December 8, Connecticut Judge Janet C. Hall officially ended the saga of the WWE Network…
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Wrestling
WWE Again Resisting Subpoena With Costly Compliance Estimate Over Bray Wyatt
In August, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) made headlines when it was revealed that Phillip Jack Brooks (a/k/a CM Punk) would need to cover half of the attorney’s fees and costs incurred in complying with subpoena. The former wrestler’s obligation to…
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Wrestling
Exclusive: CM Punk Subpoena Request To WWE Could Cost Him $120,000
On June 21, 2017, in accordance with an order from the Superior Court of Stamford Connecticut, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. submitted an application for half of the $241,007 in attorney’s fees and costs to be paid by Phillip Jack Brooks…
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Wrestling
Analysis: How Does India Fit Into WWE’s Business Model?
A look at how India fits into WWE’s business development plans. In September 2014, WWE announced a five-year extension in the television deal with Indian distribution partner Ten Sports. This was an important piece of WWE’s ambitious strategy to secure…
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Wrestling
WWE Lawsuit Reveals March 2017 – March 2018 Touring Schedule
WWE lawyers annually file a Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) lawsuit for injunctive relief against any potential merchandise bootleggers. The filing also includes a “tentative itinerary of WWE’s Live Events” which cover from March 2017 through March 2018. Every year, when…