Bloomberg Archives - Awful Announcing

Meadowlark Media

John Skipper is wrong that there’s “a void in world class non-event sports content,” but his Meadowlark plan makes some sense

"There is just not a lot of sports content in any genre on Netflix, Hulu, Paramount +, HBO Now or Discovery Plus." That is not correct.

Online Outlets

Bloomberg is set to bundle 6-month or 3-month free trials of The Athletic with its annual and monthly Bloomberg All-Access subscriptions

The Athletic's latest move to bring in more subscribers is a partnership with Bloomberg.

MLB

Bloomberg tweets story on Minor League Baseball season cancellation with “The MLB has cancelled its entire season”

No, "The MLB" has not cancelled its season.

Soccer

UBS runs 10,000 World Cup simulations including Italy for some reason, Bloomberg writes about it

This UBS report was...not impressive. But that didn't stop Bloomberg from covering it.

Barstool Sports

Barstool Sports gets $15 million more from Chernin Group, plans to double staff, expand Rough and Rowdy, launch branded alcohol

The new funding values Barstool at around $100 million overall. This latest $15 million investment will be used for all sorts of expansions, from hiring more staff to boosting their boxing promotion and maybe launching branded alcohol or bars.

NBC

Comcast acquires rights in case streaming takes off, but would still need CBS, ESPN

National streaming rights are a hedge for Comcast right now, but they may someday launch a OTT service.

Online Outlets

Time Inc. asks for acquisition offers on whole company by next week

The sale of Time Inc. continues, and Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Meredith are among the reported bidders.