Arsenal Owner Stan Kroenke ordered his new TV streaming service to "stop showing big-game hunting," according to Graham Ruddick of the London GUARDIAN. Kroenke has been "heavily criticised" since the U.K. launch of MyOutdoorTV, which is run by Outdoor Sportsman Group, part of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, "because it shows videos of hunters with dead animals." Arsenal fan and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said last week that he was "disgusted" that Kroenke was involved in such a "brutal, unethical and unnecessary activity" and "appalled at the glorification of killing wild and rare animals on this TV channel." OSG CEO Jim Liberatore said that Kroenke has since asked for the service to remove content related to big-game animals "in light of the public interest." In a statement, Liberatore said, "In the past few days, there has been significant public attention to a small portion of programming on our MyOutdoorTV app that contains content associated with hunting certain big-game animals" (GUARDIAN, 8/4). The BBC reported OSG was "keen to underline that it operates independently" from Arsenal. A statement said, "Arsenal Football Club has nothing to do with any of our media outlets. It has nothing to do with our content or the editorial decisions we make. We deserve no credit when an Arsenal striker scores a goal. Arsenal deserves no criticism when we offer a program with which some disagree" (BBC, 8/4).
