WWE and UFC have a very specific niche market who still want to see it similar to watching the most recent hockey game, watching the Super Bowl or whatever your baseball game is. WWE has a couple of deals with Comcast, NBC Universal for their Monday Night Raw program and whatever night their minor league wrestling NXT shows up. They also have a deal with Fox Sports to air Friday Night Smackdown.
The WWE agreed to merge with UFC parent company, Endeavor Group, to form a new publicly traded company. (00:21) Dylan Lewis and Jim Gillies discuss: - The terms of the deal, and the media rights story. - How Vince McMahon “wins”. - Anti-trust questions for the new company. (11:50) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp continue their conversation with Asit Sharma about evaluating CEOs, and an understated leader for investors to watch. Companies discussed: WWE, OKTA, NVDA
Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Jim Gillies, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Asit Sharma Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks, Rick Engdahl
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