USA Today Sports Media Group GM Chris Pirrone joins Arena as SVP and GM of Sports Illustrated Media Group
"We are thrilled to have Chris lead the next wave of innovation at Sports Illustrated and The Arena Group’s sports vertical."
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Sue Bird challenges media to view the WNBA differently
"It's been documented that we don’t get the media coverage."
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum steps further into the spotlight, with a USA Today front page and a PosCast sponsorship
The last couple of years have seen an incredible surge of interest in the Negro Leagues and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and a front-page USA Today front-page story on the museum and CEO Bob Kendrick adds to that.
Gannett launches USA Today Sports+ premium digital subscription product, introduces NFL insider Josina Anderson
Sports+ launches in Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
USA Today publisher Gannett inks sports betting partnership with Tipico
The five-year deal is worth over $100 million.
USA Today is going to a paywall for selected articles, with digital subscriptions starting at $10 a month after discounted trial
One of the last remaining ad-supported big newspaper sites has shifted to a paywall.
USA Today race & inclusion editor says she was fired over tweet about Boulder shooting
"Like many places, USA TODAY values “equality and inclusion,” but only as long as it knows its rightful place, which is subservient to white authority."
USA Today Sports deleted a by-the-minute thread recapping Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash
Who thought this was a good idea?
Former USA Today sportswriter George Schroeder discusses leaving media, future of industry: “I have real great, deep concerns”
"[Press boxes] could be a whole lot more empty when we come back out."
USA Today should be ridiculed for amplifying Gil Smart’s take that the Super Bowl LIV halftime show “looked a lot like softcore porn”
"Was the Super Bowl halftime show obscene?" That virulent Gil Smart take could have been kept to the Treasure Coast Newspapers, but USA Today decided to infect the rest of the country.
Hockey writer Kevin Allen is leaving USA Today after a 34-year tenure
"I’ve enjoyed an incredible run."
USA Today’s print edition reportedly set to be phased out if GateHouse’s purchase of Gannett goes through
USA Today's paid print circulation (including 342,000 in hotel distribution at a reduced price) is down to 520,000, 22 percent of what they had in 2007.
Bob Nightengale said Zack Greinke “may remain a Diamondback the rest of his career” two days before Greinke was traded
"I’ve talked to several teams and I’ve asked them, ‘Have you heard Greinke’s name anywhere?' And the answer is always, ‘No.’ I just think that contract is so exorbitant, and Greinke is an acquired taste. He’s out there pitching every five days, but it’s not like he’s out there doing promotions or marketing or anything like that. So I get the feeling more and more that he may remain a Diamondback the rest of his career."
