VaynerSports finally enters the gaming and esports space with the announcement of VaynerGaming. The new division will focus on esports athletes and gaming personalities, and leaves room for potential expansions into other traditional sports representation.
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SiriusXM is set to acquire Stitcher for $325M. The company will now have the largest addressable audience in the US for digital audio, including music, sports, talk and podcasts, covering 150 million listeners — according to Stitcher.
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Presented by Opus United, Fortnite’s Party Royal plans to air, We The People, part of a series of conversations around race in America, on July 4th. It will be hosted by Van Jones with the discussion centered around systemic racism in media, culture, and entertainment.
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Spotify is starting to test a new feature called “In-App Offers” that give podcasts the ability to keep an embedded link on their episode pages that, when tapped, leads to an advertiser’s webpage. The page will then auto load with the coupon code.
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