"The New York Times won us over. They won us over in their mission, in how we fit into that mission, and how important we are...
"These next few months are critical for The Athletic.”
"The site has been tied to buyers before, including The New York Times and Axios, but those deals fell through before pen went to paper."
A weekly analysis of the best and worst in sports media from a multimedia content prince — thousands of columns, TV debates, radio shows, podcasts —...
ESPN+ also announced a price increase this week.
Axios and The Athletic were reportedly in merger talks as recently as March.
"The struggling sports site should have taken a dynamic editorial direction — more edge, more big names, less beat-writing bulk — for its $139.5 million in...
"The Athletic has about five months to make good on its seven-figure subscription prediction, and momentum seems to be on their side."
Just two years since its launch, The Athletic now covers professional and college sports in eleven cities. Last week, the subscription based sports site announced its...
How many times in the sports media business have we taken the best :10 seconds of a commentary and featured it while looking past the remainder...