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Nick Underhill leaves The Athletic to launch his own subscription site in New Orleans
"I want to work for you. This thing is called New Orleans Football. This site, these words, are in essence, yours."
The Athletic raises $50 million in new round of investor funding
But is the subscriber base growing to expectations?
The Athletic reportedly made a last minute offer for Sports Illustrated
The offer came too late to be considered, and maybe wouldn't have been regardless.
The Starters are joining The Athletic for a daily “No Dunks” podcast outside the paywall, can still strike a separate deal for video...
No Dunks will be carried on the The Free Agents feed the group launched this summer. There may be bonus interviews, mailbags or other extra content behind The Athletic's paywall, but the base daily podcast will be free.
John Hollinger returns to media at The Athletic after seven years in the Memphis front office
Hollinger left ESPN for the Grizzlies in 2012.
The Athletic announces launch of over 40 new podcasts, will move them outside the paywall
The Athletic will offer one weekly episode in front of the paywall and one episode behind.
The Athletic’s Alex Mather says they have more than 500,000 subscribers, and “We’ll end the year somewhere close to a million”
The Athletic says they now have more than 500,000 subscribers, and they expect to almost double that by the end of the year.
The Athletic’s Jonah Keri arrested in Montreal, charged with assaulting his wife
The Athletic has suspended Keri pending further information.
The Athletic signs an intriguing partnership with TexAgs, which will see both outlets provide some content to each other
“I know you guys know everything that's going on at Texas A&M, and that's really what The Athletic is about is owning a beat. There wasn't anyone else we could go to where we say, 'We own this beat.'”
The Athletic is expanding NFL coverage, hires Mike Sando
The Athletic has also hired five beat writers for four NFL teams.
Former SI college football senior writer Andy Staples joins The Athletic
Staples had been with Sports Illustrated since 2008.
The Athletic LA asks “What should San Diego do?” in tweet about the Los Angeles Chargers and Melvin Gordon
"The Chargers' seemingly calm summer took an abrupt turn when Melvin Gordon made new contract demands. What should San Diego do?"
The Athletic continues neverending run of expansion, adds boxing vertical
We've now had ̶t̶w̶o̶ zero days since the latest expansion news from The Athletic, as the site adds a dedicated boxing hub.
The Athletic has raised $22 million in a new round, and may be over $100 million in total raised at this point
The Athletic has had even more money poured into it by investors.
