Seven Aside
Kevin Kajiwara
On international soft power ambitions, the geopolitics of media, entertainment and sport, stakeholder capitalism and hypersonic missiles with the Co-President of Teneo Political Risk Advisory
On the business of media, and beyond—through the lens of football
Dylan Leiner
The Sony Pictures Classics EVP of Acquisitions and Production on staying true to a theatrical-first model, the Netflix-Sony deal, the enduring power of cinema in the value chain and the ‘magical,’ old-world mystique of truffles
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Gay Footie: A Primer
An essay by Simon Doonan
Back Line
Julie Uhrman
The founder and President of Angel City FC on the football club as ‘platform’, maintaining a shared vision among stakeholders, sponsorship innovation, and a media- and tech-forward approach to a purpose-driven enterprise
Seven Aside
Franklin Leonard
The founder and CEO of The Black List on rhetoric versus results on the path to meritocracy and true representation, international streamers and the next generation of filmmaking talent, art’s obligation to truth, and the improbably ‘perfect’ Ted Lasso
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Foresight is 20/20
On risk—in the wake, and on the cusp, of industry gut checks
Analysis & Commentary
Andy Byford
The Transport for London Commissioner and former NYCTA chief turned Gotham folk hero on the golden opportunity to rethink urban transportation, striking a healthy balance with cars and private mobility services, the need for courageous and principled leadership, and his newfound affinity for cycling (what’s more: he’s not done with New York)
Seven Aside
Football and the Global City
All-Star Edition
A special series of interviews highlighting cities as vanguards of recovery, resiliency and social and economic progress
01/ DEPUTY MAYOR NINA HACHIGIAN
02/ DEMETRA THORNTON & KRISTIN BYRD
03/ SHAMINA SINGH & MIGUEL GAMIÑO JR
Richard Brown
The Catch-22, Outlaw King, and True Detective producer on revolutionary television, the new streamer paradigm, making the call to Clooney, and the Mourinho and Barça films that nearly were
Interview
Uzodinma Iweala
The Beasts of No Nation and Speak No Evil author on his new film, Waiting for Hassana, and nascent media enterprise, Ventures Africa
Seven Aside
Christopher Vollmer
The global leader of Media and Entertainment at PwC’s Strategy& on football’s strong position, the future of streaming, and why the sports media rights bubble might not pop
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Damian Lewis
The producer and Billions actor reflects on his affection for Liverpool FC, recounts a brush with a former CIA Director, mulls a Russia boycott, and reminisces about a tuna melt from a bygone Williamsburg
Interview
Screen Capture
A flyaround of stories from the media-sphere shows a bumper yield of creative storytelling, suggests a soccer content land grab, and underscores an industry in rapid transition
Print Edition Only
Benny Tran
The LAFC VP of Corporate Strategy and Development on the organization’s stakes in the historic Master Plan for the ‘crossroads of Los Angeles’—Exposition Park
Seven Aside
Jonathan Emmett
The Gensler principal and global Sports practice lead on 21st-century sporting venues, and the groundbreaking Banc of California Stadium in the context of a rapidly changing downtown Los Angeles
Interview
72andSunny
A day in the life of the California-born global creative agency
Print Edition Only
Kicking the Suburbs Out of the American Game
Street culture lights the way to a new soccer economy, contends Matt Jarvis, CEO of 72andSunny and founder of Electric Futsal
Back Line
Bill Bratton
The chairman of Teneo Risk and former head of the Los Angeles and New York City Police Departments, on stadium safety and security in the 21st century
Seven Aside
Blue-Sky Thinking
A coalition led by New York City FC and Mayor Bill de Blasio revives idle public space to create a network of small-sided pitches throughout the five boroughs
Print Edition Only
Rob Reilly
The global creative chairman for McCann Worldgroup, among Ad Age’s ‘Creativity 50’ for 2016, on the changing world of advertising, the benefit of being nice, and why West Ham needs to win
Seven Aside
Stephen Plumlee
The R/GA Ventures Managing Partner, R/GA Global COO, and twenty-year veteran of the firm on what makes his practice tick, and why football is prime for collaboration
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Tim Brown
The Allbirds co-founder/co-CEO on tackling carbon emissions and setting an industry standard with Adidas, the imperative of collective action, and how far business and government have come on sustainability in just a year’s time
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