1. No media company has shaken up the digital landscape like Barstool Sports. Could it shake up sports television as well?
The company has already acquired the naming and broadcast rights to the Arizona Bowl, which will air on Barstool’s website.
And, on Thursday, the same day after it was announced that Penn Gaming/Barstool had acquired theScore for $2 billion (side note: theScore app is by far the single best app for scores if you’re a degenerate gambler), the company’s founder Dave Portnoy dropped quite a bombshell.
According to Portnoy, Barstool is in talks with one of the four major sports to air games.