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THE ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH ADDS CINESPORT
THE ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH ADDS CINESPORT
TO PROVIDE SPORTS VIDEO AND PROGRAMMING SERVICES
Lee Enterprises Newspaper Site Selects CineSport to
Integrate Sports Video Highlights, News and Custom Features
NEW YORK, February 8, 2011 -- The St. Louis Post Dispatch, the most-visited online sports
news source (www.stltoday.com/sports) in its market has added CineSport, the number one
broadband sports programming service. CineSport will provide the Post Dispatch with sports
video highlights, news, and features and custom video services.
“CineSport allows us to bring another layer of coverage to our Cardinals, Rams and Blues
reports,” said Bob Rose, Deputy Managing Editor, St. Louis Post Dispatch. “The daily highlights
and video updates from our beat writers and columnists will give St. Louis sports fans their most
authoritative look at their teams.”
“The Post Dispatch’s long history of serving sports fans in the St Louis market and the Midwest
makes this a significant addition to our growing list of partners,” said Gregg Winik CEO,
CineSport. “We’re thrilled to be working with our first Lee Enterprises newspaper site to elevate
their consumers’ video experience.”
CineSport is the number one online sports programming service providing highlights, news,
features and programming services to more than 60 blue chip media Web sites including the New
York Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and
Atlanta Journal Constitution. The company’s sports content includes local and national leaguelicensed
sports highlights, features, and in-depth local sports reports produced in association with
its media partners. CineSport provides sites with an end-to-end video programming, production,
hosting and advertising sales platform. CineSport’s national footprint currently places it at #3 in
the comScore Video Metrix sports category with over 9 million unique users. For more
information about CineSport LLC, go to cinesport.com.
STLtoday.com gives the St. Louis Post Dispatch the No. 1 St. Louis web site, reaching more than
3.5 million visitors each month. The Post-Dispatch also has been on the leading edge of mobile
sports coverage, delivering apps for Cardinals, Rams, Blues and high school sports.
Contacts:
CineSport PR: Seth Sylvan, 201.641.4000
CineSport Publisher Partnerships: Sil Scaglione, sscaglione@cinesport.com, 201.641.4000
St. Louis Post Dispatch Bob Rose: brose@post-dispatch.com, 314-340-8333
Published
Feb 11 2011, 09:38 AM
by
Kevin McCourt
About Kevin McCourt
Kevin McCourt is Vice President, Member Services and Events at Newspaper Association of America. He serves as a resource to newspaper and associate members, oversees mediaXchange.
Prior to his current position, he held positions at NAA including VP Associate Member Services, VP Advertising and Exhibition Sales, director, real estate and online classified advertising; and director of operations, RealFind USA, a for-profit real estate advertising aggregation program.
Prior to joining NAA, McCourt held positions of increasing responsibility at newspaper companies in circulation; marketing and new media; representing over 30 years experience in the newspaper media industry.
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