By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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“Uber for marijuana” startup raises $75m from Snoop Dogg and other investors

April 15, 2015

A marijuana delivery start-up has raised $10m (£6.8m) in a funding round which included investments from Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital and Silicon Valley firm DCM Ventures among others. Eaze, which has been dubbed the "Uber for weed", does not directly supply marijuana, but instead connects California medical marijuana card-carriers with local dispensaries, claiming it can [...]
JD Sports share price soars as retailer scores £100m profit for the first time

April 15, 2015

The figures JD Sports' share price soared by over five per cent after the retail group netted a slam dunk in 2014, with profits before tax and exceptional items smashing the £100m mark for the first time. The retailer which includes high street fixtures such as JD, Size?, Millets and Blacks in its roster, scored [...]
Rise of Spotify positive for Taylor Swift and music industy as a whole

April 14, 2015

The global music industry suffered a drop in sales in 2014, despite strong growth in digital sales and in particular the streaming market. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) annual report into the digital music industry paints a familiar tale record companies and artists struggling to transition to an increasingly digital-dominated world. [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling should apologise for laughing gas use says charity

April 14, 2015

Is Brendan Rodgers right to give Raheem Sterling a talking to for using nitrous gas? Even after scoring a sumptuous goal against Newcastle on Monday night, the Liverpool forward made headlines for the wrong reasons when he was pictured in The Sun taking the substance more commonly known as laughing gas. "I don't think it is [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling should apologise for laughing gas use says solvent abuse charity

April 14, 2015

Is Brendan Rodgers right to give Raheem Sterling a talking to for using nitrous gas? Even after scoring a sumptuous goal against Newcastle on Monday night, the Liverpool forward made headlines for the wrong reasons when he was pictured in The Sun taking the substance more commonly known as laughing gas. "I don't think it is [...]
Sports marketing company TLA Worldwide records profit and revenue growth in 2014

April 14, 2015

The figures Athlete representation and sports marketing business TLA Worldwide recorded a grand slam set of results for 2014, with growth scored in revenue, profit and earnings per share. The Aim-listed company, which manages leading athletes, events and leagues in sports including baseball, golf, rugby, American football, cricket and football, reported a 12 per [...]
Ashmore assets shrink again as investors flee emerging markets

April 14, 2015

The figures Ashmore struggled to combat a retreat from emerging markets as its assets under management shrunk once again in the third quarter ended 31 March 2015. Total assets dropped to an estimated $61.1bn (£41.66bn), a fall of 4.1 per cent from the $63.7bn held at the end of the last quarter. The investment [...]
Game of Thrones torrent leak won’t stop HBO profiting off fantasy phenomenon

April 13, 2015

The majority of "Game of Thrones" fans in the UK are gearing up for the return of their favourite fantasy programme to TV screens tonight, but thousands will have already seen the first episodes of the series’ fifth season following a massive leak. The first four episodes have been illegally downloaded well over a million [...]
Jordan Spieth’s sponsor Under Armour was the other winner at the 2015 Masters

April 13, 2015

Jordan Spieth wasn’t the only winner at the 79th Masters in Augusta this year. His sponsor Under Armour will also come out of golf’s first major tournament of the season with its profile raised and reputation enhanced. Under Armour, the American sportswear brand, overtook Adidas in its domestic market last year with sales of $1.2bn [...]
Jordan Spieth career earnings top $13m after Masters win

April 13, 2015

Winning a first major championship isn't about the money. It's about the realisation of an unshakeable dream, the pay-off for all those sacrificed hours on the green or the driving range. Still, although the prized green jacket is the true symbol of prestige Jordan Spieth was after this weekend, the $1.8m (£1.23m) he picked up [...]

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