Yahoo Pitches Partnerships With Kevin Durant, Nick DiGiovanni

Right now, at Yahoo’s NewFronts presentation, the corporate introduced a slate of partnerships in addition to new content material and expertise—however it’s additionally celebrating a serious milestone: its thirtieth anniversary.

“Yahoo isn’t simply on the web—it is the web,” Rob Wilk, chief income officer at Yahoo, stated in a press release. “And we’ve by no means been extra energized about what’s forward.”

Amongst its key bulletins, Yahoo revealed that Yahoo Sports activities is working with Boardroom, the media community co-founded by Kevin Durant and Wealthy Kleiman, which covers the enterprise of sports activities, leisure, and tradition, for a content material partnership that may give followers a greater understanding of gamers and storylines within the sports activities and enterprise world.

The collaboration will characteristic a two-part initiative, which is ready to launch later this 12 months. The initiative features a new multi-platform video collection titled Community with Wealthy Kleiman, hosted by Kleiman, and a devoted Boardroom hub, which can showcase clips and episodes of Community with Wealthy Kleiman whereas additionally together with Boardroom’s unique reporting and options.

Yahoo Information companions with new expertise

On the Yahoo Information aspect, the model is leveraging its content material with new partnerships, together with a tie-up with superstar chef and MasterChef finalist Nick DiGiovanni, who will convey his signature culinary meals content material to Yahoo’s readers.

Yahoo Information can also be collaborating with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, who will write Ask Amy & T.J., a brand new weekly column launching in early June. The former broadcasters and current podcast hosts will supply candid ideas and recommendation on love and relationships — and even reply to readers’ questions and queries immediately.