Tag: The Athletic

"You can take issue with the vision and how the situation was managed but an investment in The Athletic makes no sense if the Times doesn't prioritize its importance."

National Football League tight end and two-time Pro Bowl selection Kyle Rudolph is going to be calling select Big Ten matchups on NBC this...

“It was a $550 million acquisition that The New York Times had of The Athletic, and they felt like having a full sports department was redundant.”

"The paper plans to transition all the employees who were with the newspaper's sports department to positions at The Athletic, which the New York Times Company purchased last year for $550 million."

The New York Times Company purchased The Athletic for $550 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2022 in an all-cash deal.

"We have watched the company buy a competitor with hundreds of sportswriters and weigh decisions about the future of sports coverage at The Times without, in many instances, so much as a courtesy call, let alone any solicitation of our expertise."

“His authenticity, likeability, and passion for college sports makes him the perfect candidate to lead and anchor a flagship daily show for On3.”

"As part of the stipulation in the settlement, Knight's tweets have been removed, and The Athletic had published a clarification on past reporting of Bauer's allegations."

“Reporting on the Draft is so hard because nobody wants to get jumped and teams will say [stuff and] people will talk about lying season."

"'Oh, now we are gonna have ads, and we are gonna chase clicks, and we are gonna cut costs, and we are gonna slash the travel budget.'"