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Andrea Kremer: Charissa Thompson comments ‘made a mockery’ of sideline reporting
The Athletic adds Chris Johnston as senior hockey writer
"Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the best place a sportswriter could hope to call home."
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner on 2014 UVA campus sexual assault story with key fabricated incident: ‘The rest of the story was bulletproof.’
"Other than this one key fact that the rape described actually was a fabrication of this woman, the rest of the story was bulletproof."
Tyler Kepner, Matthew Futterman joining The Athletic’s newsroom
Futterman and Kepner will start at The Athletic in the coming weeks.
New York Times cites improved Athletic financials for Q2 revenue gain, says they’re making ‘good progress’ on profitability
A New York Times earnings report indicates some of their strategy with The Athletic.
‘He murdered the sports desk’: New York Times staffers unhappy with publisher A.G. Sulzberger
"The entire newsroom is outraged at how badly this has been handled and how poorly the sports staffers have been treated."
Federal judge says NY Times ‘sandbagged’ LIV Golf in fight over sealed documents
"I feel that LIV has been sandbagged a little bit."
New York Times to disband sports desk, reassign staffers, incorporate more The Athletic coverage
New York Times announces nearly 20 layoffs at The Athletic, shift to more league-based coverage
Many notable Athletic writers have been let go.
New York Times finally corrects Alabama shooting story, three months later and only after Kai Spears’ lawsuit
NYT Business front mixes up Twitter and Google in check mark story
It is Twitter, not Google, deleting check marks.
Stephen A. Smith doesn’t remember being shown crab rangoon tweet: ‘I have no recollection of that whatsoever.’
"I don’t recall ever commenting about crab rangoon in my life! Ever! You’d have to prove it to me because I’d be inclined to tell you that’s a fabricated story."
The Athletic COO: ‘I don’t see us acquiring sports [broadcasting] rights’ but live events are in our future
"I don’t see us...competing with Amazon, Disney, and Apple. But everything else is on the table."
Kai Spears bashes NYT’s ‘complete disregard for the truth’ in placing him at Jamea Harris shooting
A New York Times report said Alabama G Kai Spears was at the Jamea Harris shooting scene. Spears, his father (Marshall AD Christian Spears), and the Crimson Tide all dispute that.
NYT blasted over Michigan State shooting live update referencing Larry Nassar case
A "The mass shooting places Michigan State back in an uncomfortable national spotlight" headline for a live update focused on the Larry Nassar case drew a lot of criticism for The New York Times.
New York Times announce operating losses, higher revenue for The Athletic since takeover
The silver lining is that The Athletic is losing less money than they were before the NYT takeover.
