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November 10, 2023:
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In the UK and Ireland, The Athletic has signed a deal with Global for podcast ad sales.
October 16, 2023:
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Football Clichés, previously made by The Athletic, is now a part of Goalhanger, the company owned by Gary Lineker, Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport.
October 6, 2023:
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July 20, 2023:
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Here's what else you need to know today - The Daily Football Briefing is new from The Athletic. Just ten minutes long, it's "the first Athletic podcast designed specifically for a post-pandemic audience that commutes less and demands more". The show is updated overnight UK time.
July 10, 2023:
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The Athletic Football Show has a narrative podcast series in it today, called The Playcallers. The series that gets inside the dynamics of the N.F.L.’s youngest coaching family: the Kyle Shanahan/Sean McVay tree.
June 13, 2023:
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The Athletic is to cut 20 reporters, almost 4% of its newsroom. The company is owned by The New York Times and also publishes a number of podcasts.
June 6, 2023:
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Separately, The Athletic appear to be scaling back on its slate of soccer podcasts in the UK, according to tweets from David Cameron Walker, The Phil Hay Show, and The Square Ball.
February 14, 2023:
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The Athletic Football Show contains a miniseries that starts today - Between The Lines, a show about what it means to be Black in the NFL. Tashan Reed talks to more than two dozen people involved with the NFL to to discuss their experience operating in an organization that has historically been run by white men and failed to support or promote diversity.
June 22, 2022:
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Brian Egan has been named Director of Digital Content and Strategy for AdLarge. He also produces podcasts for The Athletic, and co-founded a podcast network in 2017.
April 14, 2022:
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The 47th Annual Gracie Awards were announced. Podcast winners include Pineapple Street Studios' Because of Anita; Lemonada Media's Believe Her, Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams, co-hosts for Wondery's Even The Rich; Clarissa Ward, host for CNN's Tug of War; Lemonada Media's In Giro Con Fra; Spotify's Jemele Hill is Unbothered; Meredith Goldstein, host of the Boston Globe's Love Letters; Suzy Liu, producer of ABC News's The Dropout; Wondery and The Athletic's The Lead; Rococo Punch's The Turning: The Sisters Who Left; and Cadence13's We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle.
January 7, 2022:
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The New York Times is to buy The Athletic for $550m. The sports news outlet runs a number of podcasts.
June 18, 2021:
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The New York Times is no longer interested in buying The Athletic; there was apparently disagreement on valuation and employee equity.
April 6, 2021:
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The Athletic has released Shattered: Hope, Heartbreak and the New York Knicks. Their first narrative podcast, subscribers to The Athletic get shows a week early and access to bonus content. (Here's a discount).
October 27, 2020:
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The Athletic is partnering with Megaphone for podcast distribution and monetisation. The Athletic is a subscription-based sports publisher.
May 5, 2020:
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January 10, 2020:
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The Reuters Institute have published their Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020. It points to growth for podcasting beyond the English language; predicts more daily news podcasts; and notes: "Sports outlet The Athletic has noticed that people who engage with one of its podcasts during the free seven-day trial period are much more likely to buy an annual subscription to the site."
October 14, 2019:
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The Athletic, a premium sports news website, has placed many of their podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
September 25, 2019:
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Wondery and The Athletic have launched The Lead, a daily sports podcast. Wondery's CEO, Hernan Lopez, was interviewed on TV network Cheddar about it, "the first in-depth daily sports news podcast".
April 11, 2019:
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The Athletic, a subscription sports website, has added podcasting to their offer. "We've introduced a premier audio experience as part of our subscription featuring more than 20 exclusive podcast shows (with more to come) hosted by The Athletic's world-class talent", says an email sent to subscribers. Podcasts are available on their website and app.