Dawn Ostroff, Spotify Chief Content Officer, said that she looks forward “to putting the full power of Spotify behind The Ringer as they drive our global sports strategy.” It looks as if Simmons’ team at The Ringer will be encouraged to keep doing its own thing, in the hope of reaching an even larger audience.…
Sports is one of the most popular topics in podcasts, and today Spotify doubled down on its podcast strategy with a big acquisition to grow its sports coverage: it announced that it is buying The Ringer, the popular network of podcasts created and run by broadcaster Bill Simmons, with 30 sports and other podcasts in…
If you’re a “sports” “fan” like me, then you would happily do anything else on Sunday than watch football (or as I assume the Europeans call it, soccer).However, my utter disdain for the Super Bowl is not merely rooted in the sports-ness of it—it’s the whole experience. The big game tries to draw in the…
Since the inception of professional sports, fans have sought statistics about how their favorite teams and players are performing. Until recently, these stats were generated from basic counting, like batting averages, home runs or touchdowns. Today, sports leagues are looking to learn more about players and find a competitive edge through more advanced stats. Beyond…
The name Porsche has been synonymous with gas-powered high-performance sports cars and racing for nearly three quarters of a century. Now, the sports car manufacturer that is owned by Volkswagen Group is trying to build a new legacy, starting with its first all-electric vehicle, the Porsche Taycan. Porsche has said that the Taycan, which was…
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ViacomCBS is launching a new streaming service that will hopefully do more for the recently merged company than the current form of CBS All Access has done in its six-year run. The new service will build upon CBS All Access (which costs $5.99 per month with ads or $9.99 a month without) by offering an…
(CNN)J.J. Watt, NFL superstar for the Houston Texans, and professional soccer player Kealia Ohai were married in a tropical Bahamas wedding Saturday, according to People magazine.Friends shared snapshots of the sports stars’ wedding to social media.Crystal Dunn, who plays for the US Women’s National Team and was Ohai’s teammate at the University of North Carolina,…