Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily

Verizon to Buy Naming Rights to Oakland Coliseum?

August 10, 2009 at 1:50 am PT

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a five-year, multi-million dollar deal for the naming rights to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the decrepit home of the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Raiders. The report, by the San Francisco Chronicle columnists Philip Matier and Andrew Ross, notes that the stadium has been without a naming deal since the expiration of a 10-year naming agreement with McAfee (MFE) in 2007.

Read the rest of this post on the original site

Tagged with: advertising, Andrew Ross, Barrons, digital, Eric Savitz, frontpage, McAfee, Oakland A’s, Oakland Raiders, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Philip Matier, San Francisco Chronicle, telecom, Verizon Wireless

Must-Reads from other Web sites

Big Data Is Watching You

Ellen Ullman, Contributor, The New York Times

Will “Digital Ethnic Cleansing” Be Part of the Internet’s Future?

Megan Garber, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Welcome to Google Island

Mat Honan, Senior Writer, Wired

Hunting for Syrian Hackers’ Chain of Command

Nicole Perlroth, Reporter, The New York Times

o<

JoAnne McNeil, Blogger, Internet of Dreams

Pitchfork Opts Out of the Pageview Rat Race

Jack Marshall, Reporter, Digiday

About Voices

Along with original content and posts from across the Dow Jones network, this section of AllThingsD includes Must-Reads From Other Web Sites — pieces we’ve read, discussions we’ve followed, stuff we like. Six posts from external sites are included here each weekday, but we only run the headlines. We link to the original sites for the rest. These posts are explicitly labeled, so it’s clear that the content comes from other Web sites, and for clarity’s sake, all outside posts run against a pink background.

We also solicit original full-length posts and accept some unsolicited submissions.

Voices is edited by Beth Callaghan.