Barstool Sports
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Latest news
- Nov 7: The “Sports Podcast Power List” has been published by industry trade Awful Announcing. Bill Simmons of The Ringer, Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports, Kevin Jones of Blue Wire, and plenty more are listed.
- Sep 1: Ryen Russillo is to leave The Ringer at the expiry of his current contract. He’s to launch a new business, which Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports will invest in.
- Jul 24: Pardon My Take from Barstool Sports wasn’t one of those chosen. They apparently, as a protest, linked to evidence that TIME hasn’t always got it right in the past. (To be fair, they were right, just not in a good way).
- Jan 9: After a former Barstool Sports podcaster, the comedian Grace O’Malley, made claims about her pay, Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy clarified her exact wages in a TikTok video: a base salary of $175,000 a year, and earnings of 70% of ads sold on her personal socials (a further $75,000 last year). “I just don't like when people make it seem like we scam our creators because we don’t,” he said.
- Nov 18, 2024: The founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, is to leave BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry. He says he's uninterested in the topics, and becoming too old; and there's been other drama that we assume some people care about.
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