{"id":77355,"date":"2026-08-27T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/kalshi-nears-sponsorship-deal-with-times-owned-the-athletic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:00:47","slug":"kalshi-nears-sponsorship-deal-with-times-owned-the-athletic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/kalshi-nears-sponsorship-deal-with-times-owned-the-athletic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi Nears Sponsorship Deal With Times-Owned The Athletic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kalshi is in advanced talks to sponsor The Athletic, Front Office Sports reported Aug. 24.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The Athletic\u2019s exclusive Betmgm partnership, announced in January 2021, reportedly lapsed earlier this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kalshi has previously sponsored Athletic content on Tiktok during the World Cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Talks Would Fill a Slot Left by an Exclusive Sportsbook Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The Athletic and Kalshi are in advanced talks over a sponsorship, <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/the-athletic-serious-talks-kalshi-sponsorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Front Office Sports reported<\/a> on Aug. 24, citing multiple sources. No deal has been finalized. One source told the outlet that The Athletic has held discussions with several betting and prediction-market companies since its Betmgm agreement expired earlier this year, though the other suitors were not identified. Spokespeople for The Athletic and Kalshi both declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Darcy has followed up with his own report at Status that Kalshi is among the partners The Athletic has been talking to. Any agreement would apply strictly to the sports vertical rather than across the wider New York Times Co., he wrote, but would still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.status.news\/p\/the-athletic-kalshi-new-york-times-sports-betting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">require the parent company\u2019s blessing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This has not been the case with the previous, explicitly exclusive deal, which was arranged when The Athletic was still independent. Under a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-athletic-and-betmgm-announce-exclusive-sports-betting-partnership-301216988.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced on Jan. 28, 2021<\/a>, Betmgm became its exclusive sports betting partner in the U.S., anchored by a new content vertical called The Athletic Betting Hub carrying live odds, exclusive offers, and betting analysis across written, audio, and video \u2013 which is now defunct. The Times acquired The Athletic the following year. Neither the 2021 release nor either of this week\u2019s reports gives the agreement\u2019s term, and the expiry itself rests on the anonymous sourcing in both accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming partner is a different kind of company from the outgoing one. Betmgm is a licensed sportsbook operating state by state. Kalshi is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/defi-and-web3\/prediction-markets\/what-are-prediction-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federally designated contract market<\/a> that offers event contracts, holds no gaming license from any state regulator, and maintains that federal commodities law overrides state gambling statutes. That position is being tested in court while the talks proceed, including the Times\u2019 home state: New York Attorney General Letitia James <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/regulation-and-legal\/ny-sues-kalshi-demanding-100k-fine-per-illegal-bet\/\">sued Kalshi on July 31<\/a>, seeking to bar it from the state and demanding $100,000 for each unauthorized sports-wagering offer plus three times its gain.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Tarek Mansour has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/casino-lobby-fueled-ny-lawsuit-against-kalshi-ceo-mansour-claims\/\">blamed casino-industry lobbying<\/a> for that suit. In Utah, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/igaming\/utah-judge-rejects-kalshis-federal-shield-from-gambling-laws\/\">granted the state summary judgment<\/a> on Aug. 4, rejecting the preemption argument outright. The question is not settled against Kalshi everywhere: the Third Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction protecting it from New Jersey enforcement in April, and a Ninth Circuit ruling is pending.<\/p>\n<p>None of that has slowed Kalshi\u2019s media expansion: Fox Corporation <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/fox-corporation-partners-with-kalshi-to-add-prediction-market-data-to-fox-news-and-fox-one\/\">began integrating Kalshi forecasts<\/a> across its various media channels on April 7, joining CNN and CNBC. Fox held sports back from that initial rollout without ruling out expansion, and separately said it would not use Kalshi data for election coverage, where it maintains its own polling teams.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Fox-Kalshi talks were reported in March and the integration went live roughly a month later, a sequence worth keeping in mind when weighing how far along the current discussions may be. Rival Polymarket has gone further into print: Dow Jones has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/polymarket-enters-the-newsroom-through-dow-jones-alliance\/\">carried its data<\/a> across The Wall Street Journal, Barron\u2019s, MarketWatch, and Investor\u2019s Business Daily since January under an exclusive partnership \u2013 as an editorial data feed rather than a sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>Kalshi and Athletic have already worked together on a smaller scale, the former having sponsored the latter\u2019s content on Tiktok during the World Cup. Front Office Sports also reported that The Athletic is in talks with the NFL about distributing content on the league\u2019s digital platforms, and has already arranged for some of its stories to be syndicated on NBA.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/igaming\/kalshi-nears-sponsorship-deal-with-times-owned-the-athletic\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Kalshi is in advanced talks to sponsor The Athletic, Front Office Sports reported Aug. 24. The Athletic\u2019s exclusive Betmgm partnership, announced in January 2021, reportedly lapsed earlier this year. Kalshi has previously sponsored Athletic content on Tiktok during the World Cup. 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