Playmaker Capital acquires Yardbarker in deal worth $24 million
It's the third time Yardbarker has been sold since 2010.
Online Outlets News
A porn site’s takeover of vid.me has led to old articles at Rolling Stone, Kotaku, the Herald Sun, and more featuring embedded porn
Vid.me used to see a lot of uploaded sports and entertainment clips, which would then get embedded in news articles. Well, all those old clips now show porn instead.
Thom Brennaman will call Cincinnati-area high school sports for Chatterbox Sports
"Here we are coming full circle getting back out to high school sports again. And I'm excited. Thank you!"
NPR used a photo of Kimberley A. Martin for a story about Maria Taylor
This was a notable miss by NPR.
Notre Dame’s success with Fighting Irish TV streaming service could lead to subscription model
Other schools are developing their own streaming media platforms as a result.
Jim Rich out as G/O Media editorial director, reportedly over conflicts with ownership, CEO
Rich said the move was unrelated to criticism over Deadspin's coverage of Rachel Nichols' phone call.
Arsenal will be next soccer club featured on Amazon’s ‘All or Nothing’
Arsenal finished eighth in the Premier League last season, its worst placement since the 1994-95 campaign.
Sports Illustrated owner Authentic Brands Group is launching an IPO
As per SEC filings, ABG made nearly $500 million last year from various licensing deals.
Spencer Hall and Holly Anderson, of EDSBS/Shutdown Fullcast fame, have started a new Channel 6 subscription site
"We missed this. The thing where you open a window, write some words, and send it into the ether for people to read."
USA Today is going to a paywall for selected articles, with digital subscriptions starting at $10 a month after discounted trial
One of the last remaining ad-supported big newspaper sites has shifted to a paywall.
NBA reporter Marc Stein leaving New York Times to produce Substack newsletter
Stein joined the NYT in 2017 after being laid off by ESPN.
MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch gave hilarious responses to questions about the Yankee Stadium field invader
"Well Marc, when a man and a woman love each other very much..."
Fox Sports executive vice president (digital) David Katz is leaving in September, raising questions about where they go next
Katz oversaw the return of written content and digitally-focused people at FoxSports.com, a big change from the "no articles" era that preceded him.
