Don Garber’s memo warning against leaking to The Athletic immediately leaked to The Athletic
Garber's memo threatens leakers with fines and termination. The Athletic had it that afternoon.
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Motorsports analyst David Smith laid off by The Athletic a year after his hiring
Smith was one of three writers brought in at launch of The Athletic's motorsports vertical last May. He announced Friday that he's been laid off.
The Athletic offers new users a free 90-day trial during the coronavirus crisis
With many sports shut down, The Athletic is having to try out some new approaches to sports coverage. But they're now offering a free trial for new users curious about what they're doing.
Rudy Gobert’s careless actions toward recording equipment leave reporters fearful, uncertain
Sure, that may have seemed funny at the time. But it's not funny now.
Shhhhhh: Fox Sports has surreptitiously brought back written articles to their website
Armen Keteyian and Melissa Geisler leaving The Athletic as video ambitions are dialed back
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.'”
