Front Office Sports hires Briggs as reporter
Front Office Sports has hired Ellyn Briggs as the outlet’s first culture and lifestyle reporter. In this role, Briggs will help expand coverage of the intersection of sports, culture, and entertainment. Briggs joins Front Office Sports after nearly four years at Morning Consult, most recently as a senior brand analyst. While at Morning Consult, Briggs covered consumption and […]
The push into sports business coverage
Sara Guaglione of Digiday examines the recent push by media companies to cover sports business news. Guaglione writes, “These verticals spotlight the economics behind sports, such as sports media rights negotiations, investment in sports, ownership structures, valuations and betting and prediction markets. Though niche publishers like Front Office Sports and Sportico have covered this space for […]
Sports biz website launches
Yahoo is launching a sports business website that includes content from all of the major media companies covering the topic. The partners include Front Office Sports, Sportico, and Sports Business Journal, as well as Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, JohnWallStreet, Sports Business Radio, and The 4th Quarter. Reporters and analysts from the partners will also regularly […]
Front Office Sports is launching a daily TV show
Front Office Sports is getting into the daily TV sports news game, reports Todd Spangler of Variety. Spangler reports, “The company, the online outlet known for its aggressive coverage of the sports biz, is gearing up to launch a daily TV news program, ‘Front Office Sports Tonight,” a 30-minute, nationally syndicated show covering the biggest sports stories […]
Front Office Sports reporter Fleming gets new beat
Front Office Sports reporter Margaret Fleming is now covering the business of soccer and the World Cup. She has been a general assignment news reporter for the past two years and previously was a fellow at Business Insider. Fleming also interned at CNBC. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Northwestern University.
Front Office Sports hires Axelrod as news editor
Ben Axelrod has been hired by Front Office Sports as a news editor focused on sports media, working closely on its Tuned In franchise with beat reporters Mike McCarthy and Ryan Glasspiegel. Axelrod made a name for himself at Awful Announcing, where he was an editor for two and a half years, and before that […]
Front Office Sports hires Krzaczek as news editor
Front Office Sports, which covers the business of sports, has hired Katie Krzaczek as news editor. He had been with Slate as its senior business editor before leaving earlier this year. She had been an assistant business editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She started at the Inquirer as a digital editor before moving to the business news […]
Front Office Sports seeks a news editor
Front Office Sports is seeking a full-time News Editor to join our fast-moving newsroom of driven reporters and editors covering the business of sports. The ideal news editor has an indefatigable appetite for identifying, assigning, editing, and publishing news and must have excellent communication, feedback, and multitasking skills to work with reporters and work interdepartmentally with the […]
Front Office Sports launching live show
Sports business news site Front Office Sports is launching “Second Acts Live,” a new live show, with Folk Productions. Jazz Tangcay of Variety reports, “Hosted by WNBA All-Star and sports analyst Chiney Ogwumike, the multi-city series will place the stars in an immersive theatrical environment. “Second Acts Live’ chronicles what it means to find purpose in […]
Front Office Sports co-founder Wilde departs
Russell Wilde, a co-founder of sports business news site Front Office Sports, has left the organization. He most recently was its chief growth officer and before that spent six years as its chief operating officer. The company has reported revenue growth each year from 2019 through 2025 including eight figures of revenue in 2024. Wilde […]
