New media venture Just Women’s Sports raises $3.5 million from investors for coverage, production
The site already has podcasts covering soccer and the WNBA.
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Fox has bought Clay Travis’ OutKick
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced on an earnings call Wednesday that his company has bought Clay Travis' OutKick site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Better Collective buys Action Network for $240 million in a bid to expand its U.S. operations
Action Network brought in around $15 million in revenue last year, but is projecting $40 million in revenue this year.
Verizon is out of the media business, selling Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management
How Yahoo's sale will affect its sports properties is yet to be determined.
Whistle Studios & Insight TV partnering on ‘Making (Her)Story’ docuseries following female athletes
Whistle Studios (the production arm of Team Whistle) and content producer Insight TV have announced plans to create...
Verizon is exploring a sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, for around half of what it paid for those two companies
It looks like Verizon may sell Yahoo and AOL for far less than it paid for them.
Three Mets’ reporters found three different ways to censor Pete Alonso’s “shit sandwich” comment
Is it a "sh*t sandwich," a "s*** sandwich," or a "(poop) sandwich"?
Online Sports Database (OSDB) co-founder Ryan Rottman talks teaming up with Aaron Rodgers to launch that site
"I brought the idea to Aaron, and he immediately stopped me and said, 'Who did you talk to about this and how many people know?' He thought it was a great idea and said, 'Let's make this.' After the initial shock wore off, I got to work, and we started building it."
Brawl Network sees contributor exodus and complaints about founder Mike Brez, including slurs in past tweets
Brawl Network has lost dozens of people in the past two weeks.
Substack reportedly raising $65 million in funding as it hopes to keep growing newsletter platform
The funding would put the company's value at around $650 million.
The Athletic reportedly in talks with Axios regarding a merger
The larger plan could be a SPAC, which would add more digital publishers to the company.
A beginner’s guide to sports media personalities on Cameo
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YouTube and MLB partnering for 21 exclusive streaming broadcasts for 2021 season
This will be the third consecutive season MLB has streamed exclusive broadcasts on YouTube.
