-

Forbes writes positive piece on WWE and the Network

Forbes is carrying an article on their website with the title ‘WWE And Vince McMahon Are The Future Of Sports,’ mainly focusing on the WWE Network and how they are reaching their fans.

“Give McMahon credit for having the guts to go against conventional wisdom and critics who wanted WWE to stick exclusively with its pay-per-view model,” Forbes staff writer Mike Ozanian wrote. “McMahon has looked Joseph Schumpeter‘s creative destruction theory in the eye and smiled right back. It takes you know what to take a profitable business model and rip it apart, but that is exactly what McMahon has done.”

The WWE Network is still technically losing money and it won’t be profitable until around 1.4 million subscribers are reached. Is it impossible? Not at all. WWE did reach over a million subscribers last month and with WrestleMania coming, and the launch in the Middle East and North Africa coupled with the extended reach in Canada, that soon can be a reality.

Yesterday, following the encouraging Q4 2014 results, WWE stocks went up 7% and today it’s up another 11% at time of this writing.

You can read the full article at http://onforb.es/1vqVEiS


Discover more from Wrestling-Online.com

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Colin Vassallo
Colin Vassallohttps://www.wrestling-online.com
Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

Stories you might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

LATEST NEWS

Smackdown preview for 10/30/2026

It's the eve of Halloween and WWE will celebrate it by having a Very Nice, Very Evil special episode...

Crown Jewel 2026 tickets at The Venue now on sale

Tickets for Crown Jewel at the new location, The Venue, went on sale today via WeBook.com. Saudi's Chairman of the...

Impact rating for 10/22/2026

Impact last Thursday drew 223,000 viewers, down 29,000 viewers from the previous week. The show had a 0.03 rating...