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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

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Marie Donoghue , who previously helped lead Amazon’s sports content initiatives, is now chief business and growth officer at sports betting giant DraftKings. Debique is a former longtime Microsoft leader and also co-founded a startup called SyncFloor which aimed to provide licensed commercial music to businesses and creators.

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Sports Illustrated publisher Maven raises $24M to help Seattle media tech startup expand

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Maven , the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, raised an additional $24 million to help fuel expansion and reduce its debt. Licensing firm Authentic Brands Group, which bought Sports Illustrated in May 2019 from Meredith Corp., Maven had a tumultuous run as SI’s publisher under Heckman’s leadership.

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James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher

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James Heckman, CEO and founder of the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, announced his resignation Wednesday. He will be replaced by Ross Levinsohn, currently the CEO of Sports Illustrated media. the former owner of Sports Illustrated. (Maven Photo). Maven has a new leader. It landed a $5.7

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Seattle-based Sports Illustrated publisher Maven sued by former magazine owner Meredith Corp

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Maven , the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, is being sued by Meredith Corp., Licensing firm Authentic Brands Group, which bought SI in May 2019 from Meredith, sold the magazine’s print and digital publishing rights to Maven. the former owner of the longstanding magazine. Now Meredith is seeking about $1.1

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Amazon teams with Panera in first restaurant deal for tech giant’s palm-scanning payment tech

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Amazon One palm-scanning technology will allow Panera associates to greet MyPanera loyalty program members by name and provide a more personalized experience to those cafe customers. Panera will be the first national restaurant chain to offer a new “loyalty linking” capability through Amazon One.

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Hulu with Live TV increasing its price to $65 a month

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While these types of packages were originally meant to help cord-cutters who still wanted access to some live programming (like news and sports) but didn’t want to pay big cable fees, prices have been increasing across the board.

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ViacomCBS wants to prove to skeptics it finally understands streaming

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The revamped streamer will carry live sports (including NFL games that air on CBS), live news, and thousands of films and TV shows from its networks. Those include Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, and both current and library programming from CBS. Part of that includes offering live TV, like sports and news.

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