Meadowlark Media has raised $12.6 million in Series A funding
Investors include DAZN, DraftKings, and Wasserman.
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Jemele Hill, Mike Schur join Meadowlark Media as creative advisors
Hill's production company will have a first-look deal on sports-related projects.
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.
Kevin Mayer named DAZN chairman, succeeding John Skipper in leading sports-streaming platform
Mayer was once considered a candidate for the ESPN president position.
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.
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.
