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SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference

It has been a novel feeling this last couple of weeks with the UKSN site being seen as a viable press source with an invite to the Puma Media Launch last Tuesday and this week seems me attend the SportBusiness Group Sport & New Media Conference in Manchester.

Interview with Lewis Howes, founder of Sportsnetworker.com and author of LinkedWorking

Daniel McLaren interviews author and social media pioneer Lewis Howes about his journey, his new book and social media in sport.

The Boat Race: A Social Media opportunity floating away

One of the finest traditions in sport takes place this weekend, but if you spend most of your time on Social Network sites you may not even know. Rick Liebling looks at an opportunity missed this weekend.

The Limits of Social Media

What are the limitations as well as the benefits of Social Media within sport? Mark Segal looks into arguments on both sides about the ‘have to be on’ medium.

Real Madrid and Social Media

To find out more about how Real Madrid are approaching social media, Ash Read recently spoke with Real’s Digital Business Manager Oscar Ugaz about social media and the clubs digital strategies.

Does Cricket Get Social Media?

Following on from Ash Read’s article on the Facebook and Twitter Premier League, Daniel McLaren decided to take a look at one of our other major sports…cricket.

Do we really need to reinvent the press release?

Motorsport PR Consultant and Journalist Stuart Codling looks at whether the tradition Press Release is dead in the light of new media such as Twitter and Facebook. Or can the Press Release still play an important (if unsexy) role in an integhrated marketing strategy?

The View from the Cockpit: Interview with IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe

Ahead of this weekends IndyCar season opener, the Indy 300 in Sao Paulo. Chris Hughes spoke to driver Ryan Briscoe, 3rd place in the 2009 championship, about fan interaction, Formula 1, Twitter and the 2010 IndyCar season.

The prevalence of Timesheet PR in Formula 1

We are just weeks away from the start of one of Formula 1’s most open and uncertain seasons for years. Teams have been desperate to get mileage on their new cars with just three official pre-season test sessions prior to Bahrain, but even the Spanish weather has been unusually fickle.

App-solutely Fabulous: the new BBC Sport app is coming!

Article from new UKSN writer Alex Armstead, producer on the Channel 5 programme ‘The Gadget Show’. He discusses news that his week the BBC announced that, from April, it will offer iPhone applications for its news content; with a sport one to follow in June.