Wave Sports + Entertainment partners with top rights holders and sports properties to enable them to reach and better understand Gen-Z fans. They offer original hit series designed for digital platforms and quick-hitting sports storytelling for social media.

Wave Sports + Entertainment

Wave Sports + Entertainment | 34,514 followers on LinkedIn. The leader in sports storytelling for the next generation.
 | Wave Sports + Entertainment is the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation reaching more than 115 million highly-engaged followers globally. Our portfolio of brands includes BUCKETS, JUKES, FTBL, HAYMAKERS, GYM HEROES, DEUCE LOVE, and more. Our award-winning, original programming is led by some of the most popular voices in sports media who dish out the highlights, memes, takes, commentary, analysis, culture, and stories on the players and movements that are shaping the world of sports.

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Media & Entertainment Leadership

Steve Reed

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Peter Leeb

CEO/Board Member/Advisor; Former CEO Time, Inc.

Rich Battista

Thanks to our fans -- all 115 million of you -- who've helped us achieve another significant milestone!

From day one, the goal for Wave Sports + Entertainment has always been to build a Sports, Media, and Entertainment Company for the next generation of fans, so the formation, and announcement, of Wave Media Agency, is just simply in line with our core mission and vision that began 7 years ago. During that time, Wave has built many of the largest and most highly engaged fandom centric communities on the internet, which has “made our team, some of the most—call it highly sought-after experts—when it comes to short form video programming and community building,” Wave CEO Brian Verne said. “We always believed that short form video is paramount when it comes to cultivating and building fandom.” Partners “coming to Wave are looking to acquire new fans, strengthen relationships with existing followers, and—notably—generate revenue as social moves from being a marketing-focused engagement platform to a money-driving distribution tool.” Short form video built for social is the next frontier for sponsorship dollars, thus while billions of dollars are spent annually across more traditional inventory, the vast majority of young fans are found on social, so it was merely a matter of time before sponsorship dollars would follow. So in short, WMA marries our production and distribution expertise to help the top leagues, rightsholders, and sports properties reach, engage, and monetize the next generation of fans. Congrats, Team. https://lnkd.in/gJF266Rb

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