Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Sunday, February 20, 2011


Nascar is buoyed by some early successes this season. A landmark deal with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began this week, while Fox’s ratings for last weekend’s action — Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout race and Sunday’s qualifier for the Daytona 500, both at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. — were up over last year. Advertising revenues are also rising.

“There’s an excitement level around the sport right now that we haven’t seen for some time,” said Eric Shanks, president of Fox Sports, which will broadcast 13 of this season’s 36 races.

Fox, like MarketWatch, is owned by News Corp.


This is EXHIBIT NUMBER 283,742,910 in why people do not trust news hacks anymore.



A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO SAM!

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