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WALL STREET JOURNAL: Bill Simmons Signs Deal to Move Sports Site to Vox Media

The internet iconoclast has signed a deal to move his sports and culture website, the Ringer, off Medium and onto Vox Media’s platform. While Mr. Simmons will maintain ownership of the site he launched last summer, the Ringer will become part of the portfolio of brands Vox offers to marketers alongside its own properties like SB Nation, the Verge and Eater.

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NEW YORK TIMES: The Ringer, Bill Simmons’s Site, Will Switch Its Host to Vox Media

The Ringer, a sports and culture website created by Bill Simmons, will soon be hosted on Vox Media’s platform but maintain editorial independence. Mr. Simmons, a former ESPN personality, will keep ownership of The Ringer, but Vox Media will sell advertising for the site and share in the revenue. The Ringer will leave its current home on Medium, where it has been hosted since it began in June 2016.

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Poynter: With its redesign, SB Nation wants fans to geek out with them

The redesign, which comes with a new logo, bright color scheme and zebra-striped-polka-dotted patterns, is the first overhaul of SB Nation in five years and the initial step in an iterative process that will eventually be rolled out to SB Nation's network of team sites. Although many sports sites lay claim to fandom, SB Nation's many team sites give it an entrée to sports obsessives at professional and college teams across the country.

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ADWEEK: SB Nation Promotes Elena Bergeron & Kevin Lockland

SB Nation ups executive editor Elena Bergeron to editor-in-chief, a title she will be originating for the Vox Media-owned sports brand. Another SB Nation staffer, Kevin Lockland, also gets a new role, moving from vice president of editorial to general manager, where he will focus on the business side of the site, including partnership development.

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FAST COMPANY: 10 Most Innovative Companies, Media

Vox Media’s expansion over the last few years has demonstrated how to build a true digital empire in today’s fractured media landscape. Vox Media has invested in projects that go outside the traditional media content bubble.

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FAST COMPANY: World’s Most Innovative Companies, Media

Vox Media’s expansion over the last few years has demonstrated how to build a true digital empire in today’s fractured media landscape. Vox Media has invested in projects that go outside the traditional media content bubble. With programs like the Facebook-only Circuitbreaker, its own Snapchat studio, television projects with A&E, and an advertising partnership with NBCUniversal, Vox Media is showing other media companies how to experiment and scale.

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BLOOMBERG: Vox Media Names First COO, Trei Brundrett

Trei Brundrett, 39, who has worked at Vox since 2006, led the designers and engineers who built the company’s online publishing platform, called Chorus. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Jim Bankoff, the company said in a statement. Brundrett will be succeeded by Joe Alicata, who led development of the company’s advertising technology, products and data.

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BLOOMBERG: Vox Media Names First COO, Trei Brundrett

Trei Brundrett, 39, who has worked at Vox since 2006, led the designers and engineers who built the company’s online publishing platform, called Chorus. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Jim Bankoff, the company said in a statement. Brundrett will be succeeded by Joe Alicata, who led development of the company’s advertising technology, products and data.

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INC.: 2016 was a Breakout Year for Vox Media and Its Online Video Strategy

Inc. spotlights Vox Media, a contender for the title in 2016: This year, the company made video a major priority. And Vox Media is killing it. As of late October, it has logged 1.1 billion "watch time" minutes on YouTube–that is, viewers have spent more than one billion minutes watching content across the company's channels.

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AD AGE: Vox Media Partners with StubHub

Most prominently, team pages Vox Media's SB Nation will now have StubHub ticket widgets. On food brand Eater's popular "Heatmaps," ticketed events at nearby venues will be promoted.