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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Barcelona presidemt Qatar

February 11, 2015

A candidate for the presidency of FC Barcelona has insisted he would end the club's relationship with Qatar if he was voted into power. The elections have been called a year early by current incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu in order to try and deal with the "negative" tension surrounding the club. Press rumours have suggested [...]
Barcelona presidemt Qatar

February 11, 2015

A candidate for the presidency of FC Barcelona has insisted he would end the club's relationship with Qatar if he was voted into power. The elections have been called a year early by current incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu in order to try and deal with the "negative" tension surrounding the club. Press rumours have suggested [...]
Manchester United made favourites to break transfer record following record Premier League TV deal

February 11, 2015

A bookmakers has made Manchester United the favourite to become the first club to pay a player more than £500,000 a week. Following the Premier League’s record-breaking domestic TV rights deal negotiated with BT and Sky, bookmakers Paddy Power has issued odds on which club will be first to break the salary milestone [...]
Manchester United share price soars following record Premier League TV deal

February 11, 2015

The record £5.14bn Premier League TV deal is still a season and a half away from kicking in, but some clubs are already feeling the benefits. Manchester United’s share price rose on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, rising by almost five per cent to a price of $17.03 per share. The [...]
Alibaba will invest in Jackie Chan movies

February 11, 2015

Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Chinese superstar Jackie Chan have become unlikely business partners. Not content with domination of China’s e-commerce market, Alibaba’s investments are now seeping into the multiplex. Alibaba’s digital entertainment crowdfunding platform Yule Bao is a minority investor in Chan’s forthcoming “Dragon Blade”, a $65m (£42.5m) epic that has [...]
Spider-Man’s Marvel return is a business win for both Sony and Disney – here’s why

February 10, 2015

Marvel’s friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is coming home. Sony Pictures and the Walt Disney company, which owns Marvel Studios, have agreed a deal to share the Spider-Man franchise. Despite being one of Marvel’s most iconic characters, the film rights to Spider-Man have belonged to Sony’s Hollywood division since it paid around $7m (£4.6m) [...]
Premier League sells TV rights for record £5.14bn to Sky and BT

February 10, 2015

Premier League games are worth more money than ever before after the league agreed a new TV rights deal worth an incredible £5.136bn with Sky and BT. The average live Premier League football game will cost £10.2m to screen from the 2016-17 onwards, after Sky and BT shared the 168 games split across [...]
Greece could seek funding from Russia if Europe doesn’t budge, says defence minister

February 10, 2015

Greece has warned that it could seek assistance from Russia if it fails to strike a new debt deal with the Eurozone. The country’s defence minister Panos Kammenos said there was a “plan B” if its negotiations over a new bailout deal are rejected. Kammenos is a member of the right-wing Independent Greeks [...]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Sex parties were only four times a year, not more than that

February 10, 2015

Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he only occasionally attended sex parties as he took the stand in his trial for aiding and assisting in the prostitution of seven women. Strauss-Kahn is accused of aggravated pimping and involvement in a prostitution ring run from a luxury hotel in [...]
Netflix and Nintendo team up to develop live-action Zelda series

February 9, 2015

Netflix is teaming up with Nintendo to bring the iconic video game “The Legend of Zelda” to life. A TV show based on the fantasy game is in the early stages of development according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which cites a company insider describing it as “Game of Thrones” [...]

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