The GIST
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Comment: The Business Insider article was written by someone affiliated with GIST so not an independent source, similar with Techcrunch and The Athletic as they mostly rely on what GIST says about themselves. The Forbes article was written by a contributor rather than staff so not a reliable source (see WP:FORBESCON). Therefore, none of the sources are usable. S0091 (talk) 18:23, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | United States, Canada |
Key people | Roslyn McLarty, Jacie deHoop, Ellen Hyslop |
| Products | 4x-weekly sports news newsletter 3x-weekly sports business newsletter 3x-weekly college sports newsletter The GIST of It podcast |
| Members | Over 700,000 |
Number of employees | 38 |
| Website | www |
The GIST is a Canadian sports media company, founded in 2017 by Roslyn McLarty, Jacie deHoop, and Ellen Hyslop. They run newsletters and a podcast called "The GIST of It". The GIST's content is written by women and provides coverage of both men's and women's sports, with a goal of connecting with people who felt left out of the sports community.[1]
History
The GIST was started in late 2017, when friends and graduates of Queen's University at Kingston McLarty, deHoop and Hyslop launched a weekly newsletter to an initial group of 500 subscribers.[2]
In 2018, The GIST raised their initial funding of $100,000 through Toronto's DMZ incubator program. The group subsequently were invited to the Toronto Metropolitan University Future of Sport Lab and the LIFT Labs Accelerator via NBCUniversal.[3]
In 2020, the group's founders were named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the media category.[4]
References
- ^ "These women are fighting to make sports news more accessible". CBC Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "Toronto-based startup The Gist offers sports news by women, for women". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "How three friends launched a sports newsletter geared to women". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "The GIST". Forbes. Retrieved December 1, 2022.