Apollo Global explores merging Yahoo Sports with a sports betting company
Apollo has reportedly been in talks with betting companies, including Australia's PointsBet.
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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."
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.
Yahoo Sports is launching premium subscription product Yahoo Fantasy Plus, and adding a video “Draft Together” interface
Yahoo's next foray into subscription products comes in fantasy sports.
Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Terez Paylor passes away suddenly at 37
Paylor had worked at Yahoo since 2018 following more than a decade with The Kansas City Star.
Yahoo’s Geoff Reiss talks new WatchTogether, PlayAR NFL features: “The timing was ideal to come out and take a pretty big leap forward.”
"There's an appetite for knowledge across sports, whether it be to understand how salary caps work or what goes into draft picks. So giving fans the power to reconstruct plays, and being able to do that across a NFL Sunday, is kind of cool."
Reporters in NBA bubble share their experiences on food, hotels, and COVID-19 testing
"There are only 10 reporters and a handful of other folks who are going to be able to experience this and document it first-hand."
NFL reporter Kimberley A. Martin jumps to ESPN from Yahoo Sports
Martin had been with Yahoo Sports since 2018.
Former Yahoo Sports editor Kevin Kaduk bounces back with Midway Minute, newsletter devoted to Chicago sports
"So much of the media has given way to those algorithms and streams. I wanted to take the power back."
Yahoo Sports cuts whole UK editorial team following further layoffs in US and Canada
"We are aligning our resources to opportunities where we feel we can differentiate ourselves and can scale faster to deliver a best in class experience to our fans."
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.
Yahoo Sports lays off longtime editor Kevin Kaduk
The Big League Stew creator had been with Yahoo since 2008, and had served as lead editor since 2013.
Geoff Reiss talks Yahoo Sportsbook launch and building from a limited start: “This is going to be very much a crawl-walk-run thing.”
"The two things that we are best at, fantasy and being able to connect fans with their favorite teams, are the two drivers that drive the sports betting industry. That makes us a very important player here."
