NEW YORK, May 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal today announced it will host a panel discussion on The Future of Sports featuring a rare joint appearance by four commissioners from the largest North American team sports leagues, including Gary B. Bettman of the National Hockey League; Roger Goodell of the National Football League; Allan H. (Bud) Selig of Major League Baseball; and David J. Stern of the National Basketball Association.
The event will address the business of sports, including the challenges and opportunities the leagues face in the current economic climate, as well as issues of competition and matters that are important to fans. The Future of Sports will be webcast live on WSJ.com and FOXSports.com on Wednesday, May 6, beginning at approximately 9 a.m. ET. The full interview will also be made available following the event at http://wsj.com/sports.
The Future of Sports will be hosted by Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, and moderated by Sam Walker, sports editor of The Wall Street Journal. The Journal recently launched a daily sports page that now appears Monday through Saturday in the paper and online at http://wsj.com/sports.
About Wall Street Journal Sports
On March 3, 2009, The Wall Street Journal launched the first daily sports page in its 120-year history. The page appears in the print Journal Monday through Saturday and is continuously updated online at WSJ.com. A mix of insightful feature stories, news, game predictions and quantitative analysis, Sports focuses on upcoming events and the most provocative and engaging issues surrounding them. The page's signature feature, "The Count," offers an unabashedly quantitative and predictive look at sports. A Monday feature called "The Couch" takes an irreverent look at the major events of the weekend, and "Heard on the Field" is an eclectic mix of daily news and scuttlebutt from the world of sports.
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company, is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of more than 2 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal provides readers with trusted information and knowledge to make better decisions. The Wall Street franchise has more than 700 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,800 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia and The Wall Street Journal Europe. The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com is the largest paid subscription news site on the Web with 10.9 million users each month. In 2008, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the ninth consecutive year. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and information to more than 350 radio stations in the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=2641