- AroundTheRings.com
Around the Rings (ATR) is an independent media outlet that publishes news and information about the
Olympic Movement since 1992. Most ATR news is disseminated via its website. [ [http://www.aroundtherings.com Around the Rings website] ] It covers topics such as bidding for the Games;IOC sessions and administration;SportAccord ; the proposedYouth Olympic Games ;International Olympic Sports Federations ;National Olympic Committees ; doping, and sponsorship. Since 1997, ATR has published "The Golden 25," a ranking of the most influential 25 personalities in the Olympic Movement for the year ahead.ATR is based in Atlanta, but has correspondents in Beijing, London, Vancouver, Sydney, and Germany. The company was founded in 1992 by
Ed Hula , a veteran producer forCNN and on-air personality forGeorgia Public Radio . [ [http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/stories/2008/07/18/rings_olympics_news.html Couple turns Olympics passion into online publication | ajc.com ] ]ATR's access to key players in the Olympic Movement means ATR is often quoted by other news organizations such as
CNN , [ [http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/31/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm Competitive gaming trying to earn a berth in the Olympics - May. 31, 2006 ] ]NPR , [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4730651 Clinton, Others Seek to Tilt Olympic Pick for 2012 : NPR ] ]Reuters , [http://fe26.news.re3.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070223/sp_nm/olympics_russia_dc] and many others.Newsweek Magazine calls Around the Rings the "go-to source" [http://msnbcenespanol.com/id/15173460/site/newsweek/] for Olympic Bid information.When Russia began lobbying for the 2014 Games, Russian President
Vladimir Putin personally hosted Ed Hula in Moscow. Britain'sTony Blair made a similar move prior to London 2012's [http://london2012.com/en] successful bid for the Summer Games.Around the Rings has been present at every Olympic Game since
Barcelona in 1992.References
External links
* [http://www.aroundtherings.com Around the Rings website]
* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/ Beijing 2008]
* [http://www.vancouver2010.com/en Vancouver 2010]
* [http://sochi2014.com/ Sochi 2014]
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