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Podcast: Unofficial Partner Podcast
Episode: E52: The (New) World According to Barry Hearn
Description: Q. Which leading sports business personality do we need to hear from most during this current shitfest?There's only one answer to that one.Barry Hearn needs no introduction, but we’ll give him anyway.Today, Matchroom is one of the biggest producers of live sport in the world, from boxing, snooker and darts to tenpin bowling, ping pong and carp fishing, the company hosts 150 events and creates 10,000 hours of available programming a year.When it comes to managing, packaging, marketing and selling sport, there’s nobody with more real world experience than Barry Hearn, and it helps that he’s laug...