Bleacher Report is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture.
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18 Facts About Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report was formed in 2005 by David Finocchio, Alexander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz—four friends and sports fans who were high school classmates at Menlo School in Atherton, California.
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Bleacher Report announced the completion of a round of Series A funding on the occasion of its public launch in February 2008.
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Bleacher Report named Brian Grey as its chief executive officer in 2010.
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Many years after its founding, Bleacher Report was one of the few mainstream sports websites in the United States that regularly covered professional wrestling, as the genre is generally seen as a form of entertainment within the US due to the open secret that professional wrestling is staged.
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In May 2014, Bleacher Report launched Game of Zones, a parody of HBO's Game of Thrones featuring animated NBA figures.
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In September 2014, Bleacher Report named Dorth Raphaely General Manager, taking over for Finocchio, following his departure as CEO.
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In 2015, Bleacher Report acquired the popular sports-themed Instagram page House of Highlights.
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In October 2016, Bleacher Report launched Gridiron Heights, a cartoon web series featuring satirical portrayals of NFL stars and executives.
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In July 2017, Bleacher Report announced that it named Howard Mittman as chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer.
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In February 2019, Bleacher Report announced that it named Mittman as CEO, following Finocchio's resignation.
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Early criticism of Bleacher Report stemmed from the network's initial commitment to an open publishing model.
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Such critiques cited the fact that all registered users on the website were permitted to publish articles on the site, arguing that Bleacher Report's policy resulted in a glut of low-quality content, which made it difficult for the network's readers to find credible coverage of their favorite teams and sports.
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Since abandoning the content farm model in 2010, Bleacher Report has been the subject of continued criticism for its exploitation of unpaid contributors, its blanket policy prohibiting writers from breaking their own news, and its high-volume production of low-quality, search-optimized slideshow content.
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Bleacher Report attempted to address the concerns of its early critics by making substantive reforms to its editorial and personnel policies in 2010 and 2011.
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Bleacher Report then brought on National Basketball Association reporter Howard Beck from The New York Times.
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Bleacher Report was convinced by Bleacher Report that they were on the verge of transforming its website.
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In 2017, Bleacher Report was named "Hottest in Sports" in Adweek's Annual Hot List.
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