John Skipper and Dan Le Batard seeking $10–$15 million in initial financing for Meadowlark Media venture
Meadowlark is looking for investment from multiple partners, not just one.
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Dan Le Batard, John Skipper reportedly intend to create progressive sports media company
Competing with Outkick, the venture is targeting Jemele Hill, Bomani Jones, and Kate Fagan.
DAZN is reportedly looking to raise $500 million for further rights deals
While DAZN owner Len Blavatnik is worth an estimated $25.5 billion, he's looking to outside investors for further money for DAZN, likely in an effort to expand its rights portfolio.
John Skipper confirms DAZN’s interested in Sunday Ticket: “We know that NFL content is a game-changer”
"We know that NFL content is a game-changer for people and it helps to build emerging platforms. It helped to build ESPN, Fox Broadcasting and DirecTV. We’d love for it to help build DAZN."
Jamie Horowitz is DAZN’s new head of content, nearly two years after exit from Fox
The former head of Fox Sports has a new gig where embracing debate might be more difficult.
John Skipper says DAZN “hung up a sign” of non-boxing interest with ChangeUp: are they chasing Sunday Ticket?
Skipper said ChangeUp is "pretty clearly intended to send a signal that we are interested in the major sports in this country."
Bill Simmons and John Skipper on the Ringer-DAZN “three-month quickie marriage,” DAZN’s name, Jann Wenner and more
Simmons said "I think both of us found we had such a history together that was mostly really good and rewarding that it would be fun to work together again, even if it was in a pretty small way."
John Skipper tells Bill Simmons ESPN contract non-renewal was “because you weren’t going to stay,” Simmons says “that is true”
Skipper said "Look, in retrospect, we both in some ways looked a little petulant, foolish. And we would have been more dignified had we said 'Let's get in a room and figure what we're going to do here.'"
John Skipper will appear on Bill Simmons’ podcast, bringing back their complicated ESPN history
Bill Simmons and John Skipper are going to be podcasting together.
Adnan Virk joins DAZN to helm MLB show “ChangeUp” after agreeing to not litigate dispute with ESPN
Beginning March 28, Virk will host DAZN's "ChangeUp," a nightly baseball whiparound program.
After promises to “disrupt the way that advertising works” and avoid repeated car ads, DAZN Italy is…showing repeated car ads
DAZN's testing out different advertising approaches in different countries. In Italy, that's been repeated Volkswagen ads.
DAZN looks to replace traditional, repetitive sports advertising with sponsored content and product placement
Anyone who has ever watched a football game on WatchESPN will tell you that the least appealing part...
DAZN pivots to Jamie Horowitz, who reportedly advised the company and John Skipper on their $300 million MLB deal
After a firing at Fox amidst sexual misconduct allegations, Jamie Horowitz was reportedly advising DAZN on their new MLB deal.
