Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report is a website that provides news and fans' opinions of sporting events. It is based in San Francisco.
The website was launched in February 2008[2] by California-based entrepreneurs Dave Finocchio, Zander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz. The purpose of the website was to provide a platform for bloggers and amateur sports writers to publish their work where visitors could find their articles easily.
Bleacher Report describes itself as an "open source system ... in which the tools to create, refine, and review content are available to all members, regardless of rank or experience" whose goal "is to provide in-depth coverage, opinion, and analysis on everything and anything that matters in sports."[3]
In October 2008 Bleacher Report received $3.5m funding.[4]
In June 2010, they appointed former Fox Sports executive Brian Grey as Chief Executive Officer.[5]
In February 2011, a partnership was announced between Bleacher Report and SeatGeek which will provide schedules, scores, and access to tickets on the secondary market for all professional sports, as well as college football and basketball.[6]
Criticism
The website has been criticized for using opinions rather than reliable research.[7][8] However, Bleacher Report has since sought to address this complaint by creating Bleacher Report U, essentially a learning program for the writers on their site. [9]
References
- ^ "Bleacherreport.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Hendrickson, Mark (October 28, 2010). "Bleacher Report Gives Stage to Amateur Sports Writing". Tech Crunch. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Question: What is an Open Source Sports Network?". Bleacher Report.
- ^ Hendrickson, Mark (February 19, 2008). "Bleacher Report Hunkers Down With $3.5 Million More". Tech Crunch. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Bleacher Report Taps Ex-Yahoo/Fox Sports Exec Brian Grey As CEO". Paid Content. June 16, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Kutcher bets on SeatGeek as online ticket sites battle". Paid Content. February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ http://www.convertiv.com/a-review-of-the-bleacher-report/
- ^ http://www.battleofcali.com/2010/7/14/1569806/bleacher-report-sucks
- ^ http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/08/bleacher-report-ups-its-game-by-taking-contributors-to-school/