Bleacher Report president Rory Brown is leaving after 10 years, won’t be replaced, company will hire a chief content officer
Brown had been at Bleacher Report since 2008, and had served as president since January 2016.
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SNY anchor Taylor Rooks to join Bleacher Report
The popular anchor, host and reporter brings experience on camera and a large social-media following.
Bleacher Report unveils new streaming service, B/R Live, with thousands of live events
Add Bleacher Report to the list of sports-media brands taking aim at the OTT market.
February’s best sportswriting: LaMelo Ball, slam dunk history, a Macedonian tennis con artist and more
Last month featured plenty of great sportswriting, from a powerful profile of a homeless former football player to an expose on a workplace culture gone sour.
Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio calls Barstool Sports “fraternity content,” says they’re “never going to be as big as we are”
"They're not politically correct. They're definitely more, it feels to me like, white males who want to join a country club. They're never going to be as big as we are because we work very hard to be inclusive and we don't offend people. They purposely offend people and that's what they do, but a lot of people love that."
Two-thirds of Bleacher Report revenues come from app/social, not website, commerce/licensing may boost non-site revenues further
A whole lot of Bleacher Report's revenues are coming from sources other than its website, and the site's looking to expand that even further.
How Bleacher Report and House of Highlights teamed up to take over Instagram
House of Highlights, run by 23-year-old Omar Raja, has become one of the most popular pages on Instagram.
Bleacher Report’s soccer Instagram is increasing the company’s U.K. footprint
A big aspect of Bleacher Report’s success in recent years has been its ability to stand out and...
Bleacher Report’s Facebook video series with Marshawn Lynch is new, but not a blueprint
B/R president Rory Brown says they're not looking to replicate this Lynch show with other athletes.
Turner launching new stand-alone sports streaming service in 2018
The over-the-top service will be built around UEFA Champions League and Europa League coverage.
Aggregation isn’t good or bad, it’s endemic to modern journalism
Much of journalism is aggregation.
Top Bleacher Report editorial employee was subject of sexual harassment complaint at The Guardian
Matt Sullivan was accused of groping a colleague while working for The Guardian.
Jeff Pearlman posts lede to his “never-to-run” Sports by Brooks piece, creating comment
Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio criticizes Facebook, wants more benefits for publishers
Finocchio made some good points about Facebook, but will they have any effect?
Seahawks’ DE Frank Clark tells writer of domestic violence piece her job won’t last long
Clark apparently took umbrage to a piece Natalie Weiner wrote two years ago.
