Pro Football Network’s Matt Cannata talks Absolute Sports acquiring a majority stake in his company
"We’ve always wanted to look at an investment to throw gasoline on the fire."
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Support pours in for Seattle hockey writer Andy Eide, hospitalized after a stroke
Eide suffered a stroke Saturday, and is expected to kept unconscious for days still.
Trevor Bauer defamation suit against Deadspin thrown out
"We at Deadspin are heartened by the decision and remain committed to reporting on and exposing violence against women by athletes, no matter how famous."
Sports Illustrated lays off 17, announces 12 new openings, shifts in division leadership (updated)
There are 17 layoffs in total here, but 12 new positions posted. There are also shifts in editorial structure.
As MLS expands, local coverage and connection with fans shrinks
Vox lays off seven percent of staff, closes many SB Nation sites
There seem to be particular impacts on hockey and soccer coverage, but some people outside of that have been hit too.
The media landscape has shifted even more in ten years since Deadspin’s Manti Te’o bombshell
Last week Kyle Kensing wrote a retrospective on the ten year anniversary of one of sports broadcasting’s first...
Cleveland.com responds to Jadeveon Clowney alleging he was ‘completely misrepresented’
"The context really could not have been any fuller.”
Grant Wahl’s wife reveals his cause of death to ‘put to rest’ conspiracy theories
"His death was unrelated to COVID. His death was unrelated to vaccination status. There was nothing nefarious about his death."
theScore’s Aubrey Levy talks why they hired NFL insider Jordan Schultz: ‘It kind of fit like a glove.’
"It's a bit of a unique beast to find someone who has got that ability, who's got the credibility to do the work and get the story, but at the same time, can jump into a Twitter Spaces or an IG Live or jump into an on-camera interview for broadcast and be able to crush it across all of those."
Defector’s Ray Ratto on the media, Bay Area sports, and that time Barry Bonds pretended to be his buddy
'You have to be a little more nimble to keep up' with sports media
Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy’s lawsuit against Insider has been dismissed
"Plaintiff had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the text and social media messages published by Insider."
The 33rd Team adds execs Tony Petitti and John Entz, partners with NFL Films, Liberty Media, and The Baupost Group
Entz and Petitti both have decades of high-level media experience.
