Awful Announcing
It appears that NBC is shutting down many of its sport-specific digital sites. They've also made cuts at some regional sports networks. And NBCUniversal overall is in cost-cutting mode.
18 former staffers will own and operate the venture, which aims to fill the void Deadspin-shaped void in online media.
Cousin Sal is branching out on his own.
A development that literally everyone saw coming: Fox Sports officially pivots back to more than video.
Vox Media is only bringing back around 30 percent of the pool of furloughed employees that didn't take buyouts. The others, and some who weren't furloughed, have been caught in a new wave of layoffs.
An ESPN employee took cellphone recordings of a video feed from Rachel Nichols' hotel room that was running without her knowledge while she was on the phone. Someone then leaked some of those recordings.
It looks like Vox is set to announce that many of the writers it furloughed won't be coming back. That will have a significant impact on SB Nation and Banner Society.
"We're both vocal, we both care about off-the-field issues that shape college athletics, we both care about academic research. It seemed like we could do more together than apart."
Some broadcasters have taken ImLive up on their offer of unusual play-by-play work.
Robert Littal, the founder and editor-in-chief of Black Sports Online and the co-host of the TMZ Sports show...
Since 2014, Uproxx’s “With Spandex” vertical has been a prominent source of wrestling coverage, and Uproxx’s wrestling coverage...
Kaepernick will also join the company's board of directors.
"It’s hard to be me at a modern mainstream media company," Whitlock said in his first Outkick column.
This is the largest round of layoffs yet at The Athletic.
SB Nation and Banner Society saw several further long-time employees leave permanently Friday.
