NEWSLETTER 19 JANUARY: WORLD CUP TICKET SCANDAL

1) FIFA vice-president at the centre of World Cup ticket scandal

2) Speculative sports story led to death threats

3) Debate about new network for sports journalists in Germany

4) Newspaper editors fight sports photo restrictions

5) Deadline extension: Call for papers on media and sport

1) FIFA vice-president at the centre of World Cup ticket scandal

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is currently at the centre of a World Cup ticket scandal in the small state of Trinidad and Tobago. He owns the travel agency that allegedly has purchased all Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup tickets and now is selling them on at exorbitant prices.

The journalist who exposed the story has later been denied FIFA accreditation to cover the World Cup in Germany.

2) Speculative sports story led to death threats

An ordinary news story speculating about the potential purchase of a new player for a local football club, Mjällby AIF, led to death threats against a Swedish radio reporter.

3) Debate about new network for sports journalists in Germany

A group of German sports journalists has kicked off a new independent network called sportsnetzwerk. The new network wants to raise the quality of journalism by encouraging the discussion of topics largely unpopular within sport business.

4) Newspaper editors fight sports photo restrictions

The Association of Newspapers (WAN) is determined to fight attempts by global sports organisations to impose restrictions on media coverage of mega-events because they want to protect their commercial rights programmes. The first target of the campaign is FIFA.

5) Deadline extension: Call for papers on media and sport

The Media and Sport Section has extended the deadline for submissions for its programme at the conference of the Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). The conferencetakes place in Cairo (23-28 July, 2006) and all papers from the full range of perspectives on the study of Media and Sport will be considered.

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