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Rich Eisen

‘The Rich Eisen Show’ partners with Yahoo Sports

Yahoo Sports has made a concerted effort to bolster its sports offerings recently.

By Drew Lerner OnNov 12, 2024 0
ESPN's campus in 2020.

ESPN beat NBC/Yahoo in Comscore digital traffic in Olympics months for first time

The NBC/Yahoo partnership has usually bested ESPN's digital numbers in Olympic months, but not this time.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 3, 2024 0
Long-time Yahoo Sports boxing/MMA columnist Kevin Iole interviewing Mike Wise in 2020.

Latest Yahoo layoffs include veteran MMA/boxing columnist Kevin Iole

Iole had been with Yahoo since 2007.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 1, 2023 2
Jason Fitz at ESPN.

Jason Fitz, Nate Tice, and Sal Vetri join Yahoo Sports

Yahoo continues to staff up on the football side.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 28, 2023 2
Kendall Baker is moving from Axios to Yahoo Sports, where he'll head their sports newsletters.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 27, 2023 1
Howard Mittman

Former Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman has reportedly had talks with Apollo about a “head of sports” role at Yahoo

"Apollo has been working with Egon Zehnder, an executive search firm, to seek out new leaders. That search includes former Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman for a 'head of sports' role, two of the people said."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 25, 2021 0

Verizon is out of the media business, selling Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management

How Yahoo's sale will affect its sports properties is yet to be determined.

By Ian Casselberry OnMay 3, 2021 0
A Yahoo graphic on NFL streaming.

Verizon is exploring a sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, for around half of what it paid for those two companies

It looks like Verizon may sell Yahoo and AOL for far less than it paid for them.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 28, 2021 0
Yahoo and the Mets.

Yahoo layoffs include all four writers hired for the Mets site they wound up not launching

Wallace Matthews, Matt Ehalt, Mike Mazzeo and Gerard Gilberto all announced Friday that they'd been laid off.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 13, 2019 2
A shot of the new Yahoo Sportsbook/BetMGM landing page.

Yahoo launches Yahoo Sportsbook in their main app, allowing odds viewing nationwide and betting in New Jersey

Yahoo Sports app users nationwide can now check out odds in the Yahoo Sportsbook portion of the app, and those in New Jersey can place bets through it.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 14, 2019 0
Yahoo and the Mets.

Yahoo cancels planned Mets subscription site, but still has an “eye on the subscription space”

Yahoo's Mets' subscription site is no more. It was initially set to launch in March, then in June, and now it's been cancelled completely.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 23, 2019 0
The Mets' Todd Frazier.

Yahoo’s premium Mets app hasn’t yet launched, reportedly thanks to MLB intervening to try and get other clubs similar deals

"When MLB realized what was going down, it wanted more of its teams involved in a similar deal with Verizon/Yahoo. Finding a way to accomplish this slowed the launch of 'TFMBC.'"

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 22, 2019 4
Yahoo's Mike Oz opening old baseball cards with Pete Rose.

Yahoo’s Mike Oz on “Old Baseball Cards” reaching 100 episodes: “When we started, I didn’t know what it was going to be.”

"I'm honestly astonished we made it to 100 episodes just because when we started, we did like four or five of them and I didn't know what it was going to be. [But then] we did those two episodes where I realized that it could be something bigger."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 27, 2019 1

Yahoo reportedly following The Athletic into subscription business

You can now pay Yahoo for Mets coverage if that's something you're into

By Matt Yoder OnFeb 20, 2019 7
Verizon Media Group

Verizon (Huffington Post/Yahoo/AOL), BuzzFeed and Gannett are all laying off staff, more than 1,000 people in all

More than 1,000 media members are about to be out of work after widespread cuts at three organizations Wednesday.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 23, 2019 15
Kelly Dwyer is doing a new subscription NBA site on Substack.

Kelly Dwyer talks Yahoo layoff and his new subscription basketball site, The Second Arrangement

"It just feels right. Everything feels like it's working and I can't wait to keep working."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 10, 2017 3
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Why won’t the NFL release viewership numbers from its Yahoo-only London game?

The NFL can't be criticized for its ratings if it simply refuses to release them.

By Alex Putterman OnOct 25, 2017 2

Verizon’s online stream of Baltimore-Jacksonville led to complaints

So about that NFL stream....

By Ken Fang OnSep 25, 2017 5

Where does Barstool fall in the future of digital sports coverage?

With the New England Patriots hosting the NFL’s season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night,...

By Matt Yoder OnSep 8, 2017 5
Yahoo's Billion-Dollar Bracket entry form from 2014.

Yahoo owes SCA Promotions $5.5 million for NCAA billion-dollar bracket deal: appeals court

Litigation that killed the Billion-Dollar Bracket Challenge has resulted in an appeals court ruling Yahoo has to pay $5.5 million to SCA.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnAug 22, 2017 0
Twitter going public in 2017.

Which major sports league will take the plunge and put games exclusively online?

Which league will be the first to sell an online package of games?

By Ken Fang OnAug 3, 2017 5

Yahoo Sports hires former SI writer Pete Thamel, continuing college sports media musical chairs

It's getting hard to keep track of which college sports writer works for whom.

By Alex Putterman OnJul 18, 2017 0
Adrian Wojnarowski Yahoo

Adrian Wojnarowski tells why he went to ESPN

And he'll be appearing on camera unlike his voiceovers at The Vertical

By Ken Fang OnJun 28, 2017 1

Adrian Wojnarowski will reportedly start at ESPN July 1, just in time for NBA free agency

Woj might have a busy first day.

By Alex Putterman OnJun 26, 2017 2
nba draft

Unlike with the NFL Draft, ESPN will allow reporters to tweet NBA Draft picks before they’re announced

ESPN doesn't want to get beat by Adrian Wojnarowski on every pick.

By Alex Putterman OnJun 21, 2017 4

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