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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Nottingham Forest, Norwich City, Ipswich Town and 27 other English clubs receive payments from Fifa

January 9, 2015

Football clubs around the world will receive a welcome boost to their bank accounts thanks to Fifa who are sharing a total of $70m with 396 teams from 57 different countries. Fifa is distributing money raised from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to clubs whose players featured in the tournament, in order to [...]
The Money Shop could cut 350 jobs and close 200 stores

January 9, 2015

High street payday lender The Money Shop could be about to close 200 stores, putting the jobs of 350 staff at risk. The lender currently has 500 stores and employs a total of around 3,000 people. It has rapidly grown since first opening 168 stores in 2006. However, payday lenders have been stung [...]
Call of Duty tournament offers world’s best players $1m prize

January 9, 2015

The world’s best Call of Duty players are about to go into digital combat with one another for the prize of $1m (£661,000). Activision, the game’s publisher, has announced its third annual Call of Duty Championship will take place in Los Angeles in March, with qualification beginning around the world through online tournaments from [...]
Rangers: A Phoenix Suns fan explains why Robert Sarver is “better than most” sports team owners

January 8, 2015

Robert Sarver, the American financier and owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball franchise, is firmly set on a takeover of Rangers. The 53-year-old has now made two attempts to buy the Scottish football giant, after upping his original £18m bid by £2m as well as offering £6.5m as a short-term loan for emergency [...]
Santander plans €7.5bn share sale to raise fresh capital

January 8, 2015

In a bid to raise as much as €7.5bn (£5.9bn) in fresh capital, Santander will embark on an overnight share sale. Trading in the Spanish bank’s shares were suspended on Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the move. Shares closed at a price of €6.86 per share, up 3.3 per cent. The Financial Times [...]
Taylor Swift right to shake off Spotify: Why music streaming services are bad economics

January 8, 2015

Did Taylor Swift make the right call when she withdrew her music from Spotify? A new report on the profitability of the music streaming industry suggests she was. Strategy Analytics, a technology advisory and consultancy firm, argues that despite the music streaming industry’s rapid growth, it will continue to struggle to provide adequate royalty [...]
Barcelona president denies Lionel Messi exit but admits “excessive” tensions

January 7, 2015

Barcelona will hold presidential elections at the end of the season in order to “reduce the tensions” surrounding the Camp Nou. Current president Josep Maria Bartomeu announced that he will stand for re-election during a press conference today, and admitted the Catalan club have been suffering from internal divisions involving manager Luis Enrique and [...]
Wilfried Bony could be Manchester City’s most expensive January transfer window signing ever

January 7, 2015

Manchester City are understood to be on the verge of signing Ivorian striker Wilfried Bony from Swansea City, but may need to break their January transfer window record in order to seal the deal. Bony will reportedly cost the reigning Premier League champions upwards of £30m, even though he is soon to jet off on [...]
Intel pledges $300m investment towards diversity in technology following GamerGate criticism

January 7, 2015

After getting caught up in the GamerGate saga last year, Intel will invest $300m (£198.28m) into an initiative to improve diversity in the technology and gaming industries. Chief executive Brian Krzanich said the company will actively hire more women and under-represented minorities in his keynote address at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las [...]
Sony’s The Interview has already made $36m but may still cost studio money

January 7, 2015

The Interview may be Sony Pictures Entertainment’s highest-grossing online film of all time, yet it looks likely the embattled studio will end up losing money on the controversial comedy. The film, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen, has so far made $31m (£20.48m) from online sales and a further $5m from a limited theatrical [...]

Food inflation to soar to 9 per cent by end of year, trade body warns

Tottenham Hotspur make £121m pre-tax loss despite Europa League win

Iconic City dining spot set to relocate to new rooftop location

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