About Boardroom

Boardroom is a sports, media and entertainment brand co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman and focused on the intersection of sports and entertainment. Boardroom’s flagship media arm features premium video/audio, editorial, daily and weekly newsletters, showcasing how athletes, executives, musicians and creators are moving the business world forward. Boardroom’s ecosystem encompasses B2B events and experiences (such as its renowned NBA and WNBA All-Star events) as well as ticketed conferences such as Game Plan in partnership with CNBC. Our advisory arm serves to consult and connect athletes, brands and executives with our broader network and initiatives.

Recent film and TV projects also under the Boardroom umbrella include the Academy Award-winning Two Distant Strangers (Netflix), the critically acclaimed scripted series SWAGGER (Apple TV+) and Emmy-nominated documentary NYC Point Gods (Showtime).

Boardroom’s sister company, Boardroom Sports Holdings, features investments in emerging sports teams and leagues, including the Major League Pickleball team, the Brooklyn Aces, NWSL champions Gotham FC, and MLS’ Philadelphia Union.

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Announcing Boardroom’s new collaboration with Sports Business Journal

Last Updated: February 1, 2022

We’ve got a lot of incredible new content coming your way this month, including our new collaboration with Sports Business Journal. SBJ subscribers can find a Boardroom column on the latest sports business trends and perspectives from Rich Kleiman in the print edition every four weeks, starting today, and our Binge Watching with Boardroom series debuts later this month. This week, Rich takes a look at the evolution of cannabis and gambling from “risky” verticals to viable business opportunities:

 “Both of these topics used to be off-limits for public discussion and were never imagined to be legitimate verticals in the sports business. In my opinion, however, it’s those avenues that present some of the most viable — albeit still polarizing — assets for growth in the business today.”

Read more from Rich over at SBJ now: http://bit.ly/36vR66i

Jonathan Wiener