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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Can professional video gaming take off in the UK? Gfinity just launched the first eSports arena – welcome to the weird world of video game voyeurism

March 31, 2015

It’s been a big couple of weeks for UK sport. Roy Hodgson’s England side took a step closer to qualifying for Euro 2016, the Six Nations came to a dramatic conclusion, Sheffield boxer Kell Brook defended his world title – and the UK’s first eSports arena staged its premier event. Professional video gaming has launched [...]
Warren Buffett: Grexit could be good for eurozone

March 31, 2015

Warren Buffett believes a Greek exit from the eurozone could be beneficial for the region. The legendary investor and chairman of holding company Berkshire Hathaway waded into the issue currently dominating headlines of business publications across the continent. During a wide-ranging interview on US news channel CNBC, Buffett discussed electronic car manufacturers Tesla, the proposed [...]
Nigeria: Five of Muhammadu Buhari’s biggest economic challenges

March 31, 2015

Muhammadu Buhari has become the first opposition candidate to win a Nigerian presidential election, after incumbent Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat today. The 72-year-old former military ruler was over 2m votes ahead of his rival with 35 of Nigeria's 36 states declaring results. According to Reuters, Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) have received a call from [...]
Tidal: Jay Z, Kanye West and co herald “new world” of music streaming

March 30, 2015

The course of music history has been changed forever. At least that's what we were told at the official launch of Jay Z's newly-acquired music streaming service which aims to put artists back in control of how their music sounds and sells. At a New York press conference a self-serious and triumphant gathering of some [...]
RBS investment bank head Rory Cullinan resigns weeks after joking it was boring on Snapchat

March 30, 2015

Rory Cullinan has resigned as head of Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) investment bank just weeks after he was caught complaining of being bored on Snapchat. RBS had only handed the role to Cullinan at the end of last month, and had expected him to lead a major scaling back program of its investment bank [...]
Tesla share price jumps after Elon Musk teases new product line

March 30, 2015

Elon Musk tweets, markets react. Tesla Motors saw its share price rise by over three per cent today after its founder, billionaire investor and inventor Elon Musk, tweeted that the company would be unveiling a "major new product line" next month. Musk added that the product would diverge from Tesla's main business of designing, manufacturing and selling electric [...]
WWE share price crashes despite most-watched Wrestlemania in history

March 30, 2015

World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) share price hit the deck on Monday, dropping by over nine per cent with investors unmoved by the successful Wrestlemania 31 staged in San Francisco last night. Sunday's Wrestlemania, the biggest event on the wrestling calendar, was the most-watched in history according to WWE thanks to the growth of its WWE [...]
Alibaba acquires Chinese distribution rights to BMG artists including Rolling Stones, John Legend and Kings of Leon

March 30, 2015

Alibaba has signed a digital distribution deal with German music rights company BMG, bringing over 2.5m copyrights of artists such as The Rolling Stones, will.i.am and Foo Fighters to the Chinese e-commerce giant. For BMG, the deal represents a chance to make its artists accessible to a potentially vast Chinese market while for Alibaba it [...]
Call of Duty World Championship 2015: Denial win $400,000 prize with close victory over Revenge

March 30, 2015

The 2015 Call of Duty World Championship was won by Denial last night, who picked up $400,000 (£270,500) in prize money after narrowly defeating underdogs Team Revenge in the final. Shares in Activision Blizzard, the game's publisher and host of the tournament, enjoyed a small 1.4 per cent jump in early morning trading thanks to [...]
Hackers force British Airways to freeze-frequent flyer accounts

March 29, 2015

Tens of thousands of British Airways frequent-flyer accounts have been hacked, meaning executive club flyers will be unable to use their points. The carrier said no personal information had been viewed or stolen on the small proportion of its customers who were affected, whose accounts have now been frozen while the issue has been resolved. [...]

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