According to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, 83 percent of Americans that partook in a full, 18-round of golf were over 40-years-old last year. The Professional Golfers Association has the highest share of those over 55, with the smallest share of teenagers and pre-30-year-olds than its sports leagues counterparts, per The Atlantic. Participation and […]
Selection Sunday didn’t bring too many surprises. Southern Methodist University and University of Wisconsin – Green Bay have been left on the outside looking in. The two most dangerous four-seeded schools stand as Michigan State University and the University of Louisville. And the University of Florida reigns as the unquestioned top number one seed. Similarly, […]
“Technology is best when it brings people together.” WordPress’ Founder, Matt Mullenweg, told TechCrunch his underlying philosophy throughout its decade-plus run as a company. Coding is arguably the most indispensable and accessible skill to learn in the 21st century. Yet, for the majority of people, code represents a foreign language they can’t comprehend. The work published on this medium, though, gravitates to any number of communities. As an open source blogging platform, WordPress serves as a pillar for journalism everywhere. Mullenweg realized early on, when writing the software, the importance to leave this property open for developers. By doing so, WordPress became a gateway for a lot of them to form their own websites as they desire, which, in turn,...
Collegiate athletics’ reach and interest is at an all-time high. Fans support their alma maters no matter where their careers take them. Just last year, UCLA Bruins fans flocked the new Pauley Pavilion by 3,196 more than their average attendance during basketball season. In football, nearly 49 million people attended games across the 644 NCAA […]
(Bleacher Report)
“We really saw mobile happen in 2011,” said David Finocchio, Founder and Chief Content Producer of Bleacher Report and Vice President at Turner Sports.
Then, Bleacher Report amassed 22 million unique monthly users and 40 percent of that traffic derived from mobile. They debuted an iPad iteration of their popular Team Stream app as byproduct of where users have been consuming their content. The rapid upswing in readership and mass production of content collided to the point that it was imperative that their mobile presence catered and reflected to the demand at hand.
