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NDSU’s media restrictions are increasingly commonplace, but are they legal?

News broke over the weekend that FCS power North Dakota State would limit media access to athletic events. Citing a need “to protect” its…

Aug 2, 2016

NDSU’s media restrictions are increasingly commonplace, but are they legal?

Aug 2, 2016

Steve Dittmore

Unpacking the silliness that is the NFL schedule and Presidential debates

I understand the facts should never get in the way of a good narrative, particularly in a Presidential campaign, but the idea of moving…

Aug 1, 2016

Unpacking the silliness that is the NFL schedule and Presidential debates

Aug 1, 2016

Steve Dittmore

Writing in @SINow 25 years ago, the late William Oscar Johnson predicted today’s sports media…

I love Research Fridays. It is my day to dig into projects and, occasionally, stumble on something unexpected. Such was the case today when…

Feb 5, 2016

Writing in @SINow 25 years ago, the late William Oscar Johnson predicted today’s sports media…

Feb 5, 2016

Steve Dittmore

Minnesota Vikings, like many sport organizations, now a media company

Rochelle Olson’s piece in yesterday’s Star Tribune provides more fodder for the notion that sports organizations are increasingly in the…

Jan 8, 2016

Minnesota Vikings, like many sport organizations, now a media company

Jan 8, 2016

Steve Dittmore

NFL Network’s “Nuditygate” signals time for locker room access policy changes

In the wake of Sunday’s “Nuditygate” (I made that up, but on the heels of Spygate and Deflategate it seems appropriate) on the NFL Network…

Oct 22, 2015

NFL Network’s “Nuditygate” signals time for locker room access policy changes

Oct 22, 2015

Steve Dittmore

Has the sideline interview outlived its usefulness, and why don’t we interview baristas?

Earlier this week, tennis star Novak Djokovic indicated he would decline an ESPN request for a mid-match interview at the U.S. Open, while…

Sep 11, 2015

Has the sideline interview outlived its usefulness, and why don’t we interview baristas?

Sep 11, 2015

Steve Dittmore

Signing day through AD Twitter graphics h/t @bonniebernstein @chrisyandle @chrisnichols89…

With the usual caveat for sample size, a brief tour across Twitter this morning shows many FBS programs using a homogeneous approach to…

Feb 4, 2015

Signing day through AD Twitter graphics h/t @bonniebernstein @chrisyandle @chrisnichols89…

Feb 4, 2015

Steve Dittmore

Dueling narratives in higher education media surround new Center at UT Austin

Each morning I receive email newsletters from two trade publications in higher education: The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside…

Dec 16, 2014

Dueling narratives in higher education media surround new Center at UT Austin

Dec 16, 2014

Steve Dittmore

Nearly 40 years later, FCC finally pulling plug on NFL blackout rule which it previously found “was…

It appears the FCC is finally set to the pull the plug on the NFL blackout rule, which prohibits a local team from being televised in its…

Sep 9, 2014

Nearly 40 years later, FCC finally pulling plug on NFL blackout rule which it previously found “was…

Sep 9, 2014

Steve Dittmore

The NFL blackout fallacy of “free TV”

Today’s story from Brooks Boliek at Politico quotes former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann, who is acting as spokesman for the Protect…

Sep 5, 2014

Sep 5, 2014

Steve Dittmore

Steve Dittmore

Assistant dean@UArkansas. Study sport media, content regulation, and the law. Enjoy long form journalism and storytelling. www.stevedittmore.com

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