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Nice Shot: Kevin Durant Becomes Latest All-Star To Join The Players' Tribune

The Players’ Tribune today announced Thunder F Kevin Durant will join the company as deputy publisher. In his new role, Durant will work closely with founding publisher Derek Jeter to help develop content, create tools to assist athlete communication and expand TPT’s reach. Jeter in a statement said he was pleased to add Durant. Editorial content from Durant will be published in the coming weeks. Durant’s addition comes about a year after TPT launched as a digital platform for athletes. TPT President Jaymee Messler said, “We will all work together to develop and improve the platform. As we close out our first year, Kevin’s forward-thinking business mindset, popularity, and global presence will help us sustain our forward momentum and will make him a meaningful asset to our team.”

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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