The Players' Tribune
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Type of site
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Sports journalism |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | The Players' Tribune, Inc |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 6,959/20,310 [1] (US/Global 03/2016) |
| Launched | October 1, 2014 |
| Current status | Active |
The Players' Tribune is a new media platform that provides content written by professional athletes. Founded by former professional Major League Baseball player Derek Jeter, The Players' Tribune provides daily sports conversation and publishes first-person stories directly from athletes. Content ranges from videos to podcasts to player polls and written pieces.
The Players' Tribune was launched on October 1, 2014, by Derek Jeter. Its first contributors were senior editors Russell Wilson, Blake Griffin, Danica Patrick and Kevin Love. On February 13, 2015, The Players' Tribune announced it was entering a "next phase". Jeter stated: "We began an experiment in providing a trusted platform for athletes to tell their stories their way." Furthermore, "We've started a community of athletes that is pretty special. We’ve demonstrated what athletes can do when given the chance to express themselves, and now it’s time to take it up a notch. More content, more distribution channels, more fresh ways of telling our stories our way. Podcasts, digital video, Sirius satellite radio, plus much more of the kinds of stories we’ve already been telling." As of January 2015, Jaymee Messler, former CMO of Excel Sports Management, is the president of The Players' Tribune. Gary Hoenig, former editorial director of ESPN Publishing and a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine, now serves as editorial director, and is responsible for shaping the team of editors who will help the athletes share their voices on a regular basis. Maureen Cavanagh, former photography director for Sports Illustrated, is the creative director, Alex Rose, a sports content strategist, is the company's general manager, and Mark Grande is the Vice President of Partnerships.Legendary Entertainment supplied funding as well as creative support. To date, The Players’ Tribune has raised $18M in funding. On June 15, 2015, it was announced that New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, had invested $9.5M in The Players' Tribune. As of October 27, 2015, after the Series B first close of $9.5 million, another $5.5 million in equities was made available to additional investors which included a number of athletes and influencers within the sports community. Kobe Bryant, who had been involved with TPT since December 2014, made a significant investment in the platform and led all athletes in the round. Athletes represented by GenTrust, an investment management company that provides an array of investment solutions to institutional and high-net-worth clients, were among the athletes who invested.
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