Bleacher Report Adds Prominent Bloggers For "Lead Writer Program"

Bleacher Report has created a new "Lead Writer Program" in which featured contributors will help shape the open-source sports journalism hub's content and direction. The move follows the hiring earlier this year of King Kaufman from Salon.com to be manager of writer development, and the creation of a compensation program to pay select top writers on the site. The initial five lead writers hired are Dan Levy, formerly of SportingNews.com and WashingtonPost.com; Matt Miller, founder of the NFL draft site New Era Scouting; Dan Rubenstein, co-founder and co-host of independent college football podcast "The Solid Verbal"; Josh Zerkle, co-founder of NFL blog Kissing Suzy Kolber and a former contributor to Deadspin and WashingtonPost.com; and Bethlehem Shoals, founder of NBA blog FreeDarko and a regular contributor to GQ.com.