DraftKings reaches distribution deal with Meadowlark Media for rights to Dan Le Batard Show podcast
DraftKings takes a big step towards becoming the media company they clearly want to be.
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‘Charges with Rex Chapman’ podcast to interview athletes about troubles with the law
Guests will include Metta World Peace, Ryan Leaf, and Michael Vick.
Apple Podcasts will offer in-app subscriptions, potentially to compete with Patreon
The Athletic will be one of the first program partners.
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.
The Ringer Union ratifies collective bargaining agreement with Spotify
Recognized by management in 2019, the Ringer Union has ratified a CBA.
Adnan Virk takes his Cinephile podcast to Meadowlark Media
Virk will no longer have to sneak onto The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.
Meadowlark Media has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding
Investors include DAZN, DraftKings, and Wasserman.
Lindsay Czarniak on “The Artist and the Athlete”: “The magic happens when you’re talking with them about what really is this connection.”
"There are some of these where I've come out of them and I sort of want to just sit by myself and cry for a few minutes. Because you feel that people open up in a way, they're not doing it because they're talking to me, they're doing it because they're having an experience."
NFL Network’s Colleen Wolfe joins Blue Wire for “On The Clock” series interviewing draft prospects
"We hear so much about the prospects' physical attributes, but not enough about their personality and character. I find myself really investing in the players I get to know, and I don't think I'm alone."
Joan Niesen will host the Religion of Sports/PRX “Crushed” podcast series, which will look back at MLB’s steroid history
"Over the years, I realized I’d come to the game at a unique and complicated moment, and it’s been fascinating to dig in deeper to the steroid era and its enduring legacy. I’ve learned a lot, and I think this podcast will help listeners separate the truth of that time from the myths."
ESPN’s Louis Riddick once won Dan Snyder’s Aston Martin from him in a racquetball game
"He was pissed. PISSED."
Meadowlark announces ‘The Jim Brockmire Podcast’, with in-character Hank Azaria interviewing sports media luminaries
It's also the first project for John Skipper and Dan Le Batard's Meadowlark platform.
Jomboy Media continues expansion, adding Ian Happ’s podcast ‘The Compound’
The upstart media venture recently raised $1 million from investors.
