Yahoo Sports hires Axios’ Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy to head newsletters
This is a big investment in a newsletter strategy for new Yahoo Sports president Ryan Spoon.
This is a big investment in a newsletter strategy for new Yahoo Sports president Ryan Spoon.
"If this leads more people to read and enjoy Extra Points, then this will make business sense for us."
ESPN's Daily newsletter will cease publication, likely thanks to a redundancy with the rest of their content pushing options.
The funding would put the company's value at around $650 million.
"We're both vocal, we both care about off-the-field issues that shape college athletics, we both care about academic research. It seemed like we could do more together than apart."
"So much of the media has given way to those algorithms and streams. I wanted to take the power back."