TEAM WHISTLE DOUBLES DOWN WITH TWO STRATEGIC NEW HIRES

NEW YORK – (May 10, 2021) –Team Whistle, the global sports media and entertainment company today announced two strategic new hires, naming Matt Koenig, VP of Programming and Whistle TV Operations, Sarah Craig, to lead and execute on programming strategy for WhistleTV, while leading the integration of its monetization and operations with Whistle’s social strategy. Richman will be responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of all public and media relations initiatives enhancing the corporate and programming interests for Team Whistle. Both Koening and Richman will be based in the company’s New York City headquarters and report to Team Whistle’s EVP of Media, Joseph Caporoso.

“As Team Whistle continues to grow at an accelerated pace, we’re putting our resources against the areas of the business we believe will best help the company evolve and grow” said Team Whistle’s EVP of Media, Joseph Caporoso. “With Matt’s experience successfully generating revenue growth we’re confident in his ability to manage the monetization of Whistle TV, and Stacey’s background working for both linear and digital brands and strong relationships will help us flesh out our communications strategy. We believe these are two important roles to help us navigate an ever-changing industry.”

“Companies and buyers are just beginning to realize the immense value of OTT/CTV advertising” said Matt Koenig. “There is a huge opportunity to accelerate Whistle TV by further capitalizing on its engaging and authentic premium content that resonates with today's audiences. It's clear that Team Whistle sees the potential value of this side of the business and is all-in, I'm looking forward to being a part of it.”

“The entertainment landscape is constantly changing and I am excited to work with this fast paced company that has adapted and evolved with the ecosystem” said Stacey Richman. “Team Whistle is nimble and ripe for magnification with brand safe content rooted in optimism and relatability. I look forward to working with this group of innovative creators.”

Matt Koenig is an award-winning Programming Director with a proven track record of leading teams and strategies that produce exponential year-over-year audience and revenue growth on a variety of platforms. For the last two and a half years, Koenig served as a Director of Programming/Streaming TV for Jukin Media handling content strategy for the company’s growing library of streaming channels including: FAILARMY, The Pet Collective, People Are Awesome and WEATHERSPY. Prior to joining Jukin, Matt served as a Manager of Programming and Scheduling for nearly six years at Crown Media Family Networks. Matt started his career as a Media Strategy Coordinator for National Geographic Channel. Matt currently resides in New Jersey with his family.

Stacey Richman hails from Group Nine Media, where she most recently served as their Director of Consumer Communications. She spent two years in that role, where she was responsible for spearheading and executing the consumer strategies across The Dodo, Thrillist, NowThis, POPSUGAR and Seeker brands. Prior to joining Group Nine, Richman served as a Manager of Communications at WarnerMedia’s truTV, and before that as a publicist for Discovery, Inc. and Animal Planet. Stacey began her career working at Ferencomm for PR Veteran Sheila Feren, and as a coordinator for CBS News. Stacey currently lives in Brooklyn with her two dogs.

Matt Koening and Stacey Richman’s headshots can be found here.

About Team Whistle:

Team Whistle is a sports and entertainment media company built to engage and activate today’s fans worldwide through positive and relatable content, wherever and however they want it. Team Whistle is a pioneer in the data-driven creation and distribution of positive and relatable content in sports and entertainment for young audiences globally. Team Whistle's proven portfolio of unscripted, scripted and interactive shows are available across its expansive social and AVOD media distribution network. The company's video content IP and audience combined with its powerful analytical, production and commercial capabilities serve to help brands, distributors, talent, sports leagues and media companies activate and engage consumers across the content ecosystem.

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Contact:

Stacey Richman

srichman@teamwhistle.com

973-219-5872