How Matt Brown built a thriving newsletter around the business of college sports

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What happens if you’re a journalist and you take a buyout during the middle of a pandemic in which very few media companies are hiring?

If you’re Matt Brown, you launch a newsletter dedicated to the business of college sports.

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