Fanball Acquires NFFC, NFBC, Other Fantasy Properties
Fanball and F+W Media announced this morning that Fanball has bought the National Fantasy Football Championship, National Fantasy Baseball Championship, Fantasy Sports Magazine and the “fantasy sports custom publications division” from F+W Media Inc.
The move comes roughly three weeks before draft day for the NFFC, a high-stakes football competition with a $100,000 grand prize.
In addition to transferring control of the two high-stakes events to Fanball, the deal brings Fantasy Sports Magazine and its four-issue annual schedule under the Fanball flag. The magazine has been hitting newsstands since 1989, about four years before its new parent company began as a fantasy sports magazine.
The acquisition also means fantasy veterans Greg Ambrosius and Tom Kessenich are Fanball employees.
FSB.com will check in with the various players in this deal to find out more about what it means. In the meantime, here are a few of the quotes from the news release:
Ryan Houston, Fanball senior VP of business development: “Fanball is leveraging our extensive online userbase to enter the fast growing live events business for fantasy sports. This enhances our product offerings and adds key personnel to our group as we continue to look at partnerships.”
Greg Ambrosius: “I’m excited and honored to be working with the Fanball team. This is the right move at the right time for our live events. With the great customer base that already exists with Fanball.com and CDM Fantasy Sports, the future is now brighter than it’s ever been for the NFBC, NFFC and other sports we look to be a leader in.”
Among other items, Ambrosius said via the release that aligning with Fanball should help to move along plans to launch live high-stakes events in fantasy basketball and hockey.
Tags: f+w media, fanball, fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, fantasy football, fantasy hockey, fantasy sports, fantasy sports business, fantasy sports industry, greg ambrosius, high stakes, nfbc, nffc, ryan houston, tom kessenich
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