NEW YORK – FNTSY Sports Network has struck a content deal with news agency The Associated Press to provide fantasy content on topics from free agent pickups to reviews of the weekend’s games.
Contributing content for this agreement are Scott Engel, currently managing director of fantasy content company RotoExperts, owned by FNTSY parent Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. (which is a Canadian company controlled by Leonard Asper); radio host and writer Adam Ronis; and sports writer Nando Di Fino, currently the director of programming at FNTSY Sports Network.
“AP has increased its fantasy sports content for recent football seasons with its Fantasy Plays columns and fantasy points standings, but FNTSY provides a new level of expanded coverage to AP Sports subscribers,” said AP’s sports products manager Barry Bedlan, in the news release. “Fantasy is what drives some of the interest in certain sports, especially the NFL, and this arrangement will help us connect our subscribers with top-notch content focused on fantasy sports.”
“I would have been thrilled to have an article of ours appear next to something that ran on the AP wire,” added Fantasy Sports Entertainment Group president Louis M. Maione. “But to go over the wires and to see our name pop up on the thousands of papers and websites that the AP serves is an honor and source of great pride. And I’m even more excited for the 60-plus million fantasy players out there who now have access to award-winning content thanks to the AP taking this bold step to include fantasy sports among its many offerings.”
