Earlier this week, news came out that NBC acquired football news site ProFootballTalk.com. The partnership — which is scheduled to officially begin July 1 (although the NBC logo already appears on PFT) — is meant to stabilize the tech side for PFT and add that site’s strong content to the NBC lineup.

As far as fantasy goes, Rotoworld’s Gregg Rosenthal says they welcome the audience that comes with PFT.

“I think the biggest impact it will have is just bringing Mike’s rabid fanbase to NBCSports.com, which will in turn bring more people in the door to our fantasy coverage,” Rosenthal told FSB.com, speaking of PFT’s Mike Florio. “Long term, hopefully we can work on getting tapped into some of Mike’s wide-ranging sources to bring news to our readers even faster.”

Rosenthal will also pitch in from time to time with posts on ProFootballTalk.com.

Aside from RotoWire’s six victories, just two other companies grabbed more than one plaque during the Fantasy Sports Writers Association ceremony on Tuesday.

CBS Sports tripled its 2007 take by claiming three prizes, while Sporting News grabbed two of its own.

For CBS, Sergio Gonzalez became the third different winner of the top basketball writer award in the three years taht title has been given out. Scott White’s win for best football series also marked the third different victor in that category in as many years. Rounding out the CBS triumphs was Dave Richard for best major-media football article.

Sporting News fantasy editor George Winkler emerged victorious in the football series category, while Matt Lutovsky beat out SN colleague Bill Bender for the title of best major-media baseball article.

Winners were announced on the first full day of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter business conference. Only FSWA members are eligible to win.

Here are the full listings for the categories mentioned above:

Basketball Writer
Steve Alexander, Rotoworld
Matt Buser, Yahoo
Sergio Gonzalez, CBS Sports

Baseball Series
Jason Grey, ESPN
Tommy Landry, RotoExperts
Scott White, CBS Sports

Baseball Major Media Article
Bill Bender, Sporting News
Christopher Harris, ESPN
Matt Lutovsky, Sporting News

Football Series
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS Sports
Gregg Rosenthal, Rotoworld
George Winkler, Sporting News

Football Major Media Article
Dave Richard, CBS Sports
Evan Silva, Rotoworld/NBC
Mark St. Amant, Rotoworld/NBC

In a brief segment from a show on the YES Network, Forbes national editor Michael Ozanian speaks about the growing fantasy sports market and how favorable the consumers are who make it up.

Honestly, if you follow the fantasy sports market research as we do here at FSB.com, this video probably won’t tell you anything new. When the folks near the top of the American financial food chain realize and report on the strength of our industry, though, it’s worth passing along.

The “Fantasy Sports Hit Mainstream” video below the featured clip features Rotoworld’s Gregg Rosenthal and Rick Cordella — along with Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal — talking about just what the title says. Rosenthal, for one, thinks that we’ve only seen the very beginning of fantasy’s integration into the mainstream and that plenty more awaits.

In addition to the football writer of the year honor, for which we announced the finalists last night, the Fantasy Sports Writers Association will award five other football-related categories next week at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association winter conference.

In the past, these categories have been dominated at times by larger sites. This year, however, provides more varied representation, with no outlet claiming more than four of the 15 available finalist slots. Here are the final nominees, with winners to be announced next Tuesday on the conference’s first day:

Best Football Print Publication
CBS Sports & Pro Football Weekly
Rotowire
Rotoworld

Best Football Series
Jamey Eisenberg — CBSSports.com
Gregg Rosenthal — Rotoworld
George Winkler — Sporting News

Best Football Article in Print
Dan Grogan — Athlon
Ginny Loveless — FootballDiehards.com
Matt Waldman — FootballDiehards.com

Best Football Article on the Web
Greg Kellogg — FantasySharks.com
Chris Liss — Rotowire.com
Jeff Pasquino — Footballguys.com

Best Football Article in Major Media
Dave Richard — CBSSports.com
Evan Silva — Rotoworld/NBC Sports
Mark St. Amant — Rotoworld/NBC Sports