FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2009
CONTACT: CHRIS LUCAS | 617-517-4812
lucas@hhrmediagroup.com | www.BlogsWithBalls.com
HHR Media Group and RxSN Announce Additional Sponsors for “Blogs with Balls”
Trenton, NJ – (May 4, 2009) HHR Media Group and RxSN are proud to announce the addition of the New England Sports Network (NESN), Real Clear Sports (RCS) and Lijit.com as official sponsors of Blogs with Balls 1.0, the first in a series of blogger and new media gatherings featuring speakers and panelists specifically focused on sports fans, writers, sites, teams, athletes and companies. The event will take place on June 13th, 2009 in New York City. The three entities join founding sponsor Yardbarker.com in support of Blogs with Balls.
“The partnerships we’ve established, and the diverse nature of these companies, exemplifies one of the conference’s key objectives in breaking down the walls between the old and new media, and highlights the continued integration of these various media platforms,” said Blogs with Balls co-founder Don Povia.
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NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, is owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and delivered to over 4 million homes throughout the six-state New England region and nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network. The definitive home for New England sports programming, NESN is the television home of the Red Sox and Bruins and is the top rated regional sports network in the country. NESN.com, is a leading source of online information on all Boston area sports teams and athletes with exclusive video and blogs featuring NESN’s on-air personalities.
Real Clear Sports culls and publishes the best commentary, news and links to important resources from all points of view to the top sports stories of the day. RealClearsSports.com is a must stop for sports fans, and has established itself as a must-read for any sports journalist.
Lijit allows you to easily create your own search engine — one that searches your blog, bookmarks, photos, blogroll, and more. By offering the Lijit Search Wijit on your blog, readers can search a blogger’s entire media archive, across multiple sites and platforms. In turn, Lijit provides publishers with detailed statistics about those searches, so you can better understand and serve your reader community.
Blogs with Balls co-founder Kyle Bunch adds: “The sports media landscape has undergone dramatic change over the past four years, as sports blogs like Deadspin, Kissing Suzy Kolber, With Leather, Free Darko, and many others have become as, if not more important to the sports fan’s daily ritual as his sports page and SportsCenter. We’re thrilled to have a diverse set of sponsors for Blogs with Balls that represent the evolving, established providers like NESN, the new change agents (Yardbarker and Real Clear Sports), and the technology providers like Lijit that are accelerating the evolution of sports fandom.”
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Blogs with Balls will be an all-day gathering and take place at Stout NYC, a bar and restaurant steps from Madison Square Garden, and is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now for $49.00 and can be purchased online at blogswithballs.com/tickets.
For more information, please visit www.blogswithballs.com.
There are several sponsorship options available for this event. If you or your company is interested in being a part of this inaugural, one-of-a-kind forum, please contact us at sponsor@blogswithballs.com.
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About HHR Media Group
HHR Media Group cultivates a favorable online presence for blogs, athletes, and consumer brands by utilizing creative and relevant content to forge a relationship with both online sports opinion maked and sports media consumers. HHRMG is on the forefront of social media, helping clients bridge the gap between traditional media and emerging internet and technological trends.
HHR Media Group is the co-founder of Blogs With Balls, #sblog on Twitter, and HuggingHaroldReynolds.com, an independent online sports magazine featuring news, commentary, and analysis on a myriad of professional, collegiate and amateur sports as well as entertainment and politics when infused by sports.
For more information contact: info@hhrmediagroup.com.
About RxSN
RxSN is a media and technology production company with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas. Specializing in the creation and implementation of culturally disruptive experiences of all shapes, colors, and sizes, RxSN works with companies and digital content creators to forge more meaningful connections between brand and consumer.
For more information, visit http://RxSN.com.
About Stout NYC
For information on the event’s venue, please visit www.stoutnyc.com.
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