Joel Price Blog

I have moved my WordPress blog to my own servers. It will allow me to have more control with templates and other DNS issue I had with the hosted WordPress service.

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Please excuse the mess as I get my template ported over to the new servers.

According to the paidContent blog Sports Illustrated has an agreement to acquire sports social network site FanNation.com and its underlying technology. The report says SI is not buying the site for the traffic but rather the  technology.

The site and parent company were founded by former ESPN employees; investors include former NHL COO Steve Solomon, former Starwave chairman and CEO Mike Slade, and Jesse Itzler of SFX and Marquis Jet.

For the first time viewers watching Sunday’s Super Bowl will see at least four ads that were created by amateurs, rather than by high-end ad agencies. Showing the “YouTube Effect” is for real and won’t go away anytime soon.

I’ve told coworker we are moving into an era of the “non-professional.” The sportscaster with a suite and perfect hair is dieing and “real people” in the raw are on the rise. Too polished, too perfect is on its way out.

I received a MLB.com/Monster email today that sends me to thier job site. Not sure how I got on this list. Out of curiosity I did a search and every team is looking for a Stats Stringer, Pitch f/x Operator, and a Sports Reporter. It appears MLB.com is fishing for resumes, I find it hard to believe every MLB team is looking for these positions? The more I think about this, what a brilliant way to collect accurate data on you most passionate fans. Could MLB.com really be looking for talent or just data?