The Briefing Room
General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mountaineer on December 10, 2018, 05:07:10 pm
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We let our subscription lapse. Too much politics, not enough sport.
An ex-NBA player is reportedly close to acquiring Sports Illustrated from Meredith
By Jay Rigdon on 12/08/2018
Sports Illustrated has been on the market for some time, and back in April we wrote about how Meredith was looking to sell SI for something like $150 million. Since then, there hasn’t been much movement on the sale front, although there was a fun stretch where Dan Gilbert and Tony Robbins were reportedly interested.
For a while, that lack of movement seemed to be a result of Meredith asking too much for SI. But according to a Reuters report from Carl O’Donnell and Liana B. Baker, Meredith’s patience might be paying off, as they’re apparently close to completing a deal. Not with an existing media company, but with a former NBA player. ...Ulysses Lee “Junior†Bridgeman, a former U.S. basketball player who became a fast-food mogul, is in the lead to acquire Sports Illustrated magazine from U.S. media company Meredith Corp (MDP.N) for about $150 million, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. ...
Full story at Awful Announcing (https://awfulannouncing.com/online-outlets/an-ex-nba-player-is-reportedly-close-to-acquiring-sports-illustrated-from-meredith.html)