The Athletic brings in another $40 million in one of the largest sports media funding rounds ever
This matches the $40 million The Players' Tribune brought in last January, and is way above what many other sports media companies made early on.
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The Athletic raises another $20 million, plans to expand and double staff by end of the year
According to CEO Alex Mather, the company has "six figures" in subscribers, and is looking to expand from 23 to 45 markets and from 120 to 200-350 employees this year.
Players’ Tribune raises $40 million more, but their traffic still isn’t great
Derek Jeter’s The Players’ Tribune has pulled in another $40 million in a Series C round of funding,...
