MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred joined Forbes senior writer Jabari Young on The Enterprise Zone at the Nasdaq MarketSite. In the discussion, Manfred previews the 2025 season, recaps his career climb to commissioner, and what’s in store for the league’s media rights after it departs ESPN. Manfred also elaborates on why MLB dropped “diversity” from its website.<br /><br />The Enterprise Zone is a spin-off of the Forbes Talks news series. The weekly show will explore engaging, fireside chat-style business conversations with influential figures, including top athletes, prominent CEOs, entertainers, and visionary entrepreneurs. Each episode will feature guests sharing their unique journeys, triumphs, challenges and setbacks.<br /><br />Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br />0:00 Introduction<br />2:11 Rob Manfred On The MLB Season Start 2025<br />6:01 MLB As An International Business<br />12:37 Rob Manfred Game Attendance Of MLB<br />24:30 MLB And Partnerships With Entrepreneurs<br />30:43 Rob Manfred On The Promotion Of MLB Players<br />40:50 Where Will The MLB Invest Next?<br /><br />Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:<br /><br />https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript<br /><br />Stay Connected<br />Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com<br />Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes<br />Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes<br />Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes<br />More From Forbes: http://forbes.com<br /><br />Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.
