Paul M. Pedersen is Professor of Sport Management in the School of Public Health at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. As an extension of his previous work as a sportswriter and sport business columnist, Pedersen's primary areas of scholarly interest and research are the symbiotic relationship between sport and communication as well as the activities and practices of various sport organization personnel. A research fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Pedersen has published over a dozen books and more than 125 articles. Founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sport Communication, he serves on the editorial board of seven journals.