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Lead Stories: Saturday, November 22, 2008

NYRR Announces Top-Rate Broadcast and Web Coverage for U.S. Olympic Team Trials & ING New York City Marathon

Posted October 29th, 2007 at 10:03 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

New York Road Runners today announced an unprecedented level of broadcast and webstreaming coverage for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon on November 3 and the ING New York City Marathon 2007 on November 4. The two events will be broadcast and streamed around the world via NBC, WNBC-4HD, NBCSports.com, NBCOlympics.com and WCSN.com.

“We are pleased to have such extensive coverage of this unprecedented weekend of marathon running,” said Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners and race director of both events. “By providing local, national and international options on both television and broadband of each race, we are better serving our sport’s fan base worldwide. Expanding broadcast options is a continued priority for New York Road Runners.”

On Saturday, November 3, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon will be streamed worldwide for free on NBCsports.com, the first time an Olympic Trials event has been streamed live online. NBC’s “TODAY” will cut in live to broadcast the start of the race nationally at 7:35 a.m. EDT, and NBC will air a national half-hour highlights show from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m.
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Rodale, publishers of Runner’s World, acquire Running Times

Posted February 26th, 2007 at 6:40 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Rodale Inc., one of the United States’ best known publishers of fitness periodicals and books, announced today that they have reached an agreement to acquire Running Times magazine and RunningTimes.com from Fitness Publishing, Inc. Rodale is based in Emmaus, PA, while Fitness Publishing is headquartered in Wilton, CT. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Rodale owns Runner’s World magazine, the most popular running periodical in the United States with a circulation rate base of 630,000. Running Times is the #2 U.S. running magazine with a circulation rate base of 105,000.

According to a press release sent by Rodale today, Runner’s World and Running Times would continue to publish as separate titles.

Running Times and RunningTimes.com would continue to operate under the Running Times brand, and will be independent of the Runner’s World and RunnersWorld.com brands, the release said. Runner’s World and Running Times, however, will combine their respective databases of race events to provide a single source for racers.
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