We want to devote the next couple of years to creating quality content, innovating as<br />much as we can, building our brand and growing The Ringer as a multimedia business.”<br />Once a Boston-focused sports blogger, Mr. Simmons became one of the nation’s premier sports analysts in his 15 years at ESPN.<br />The Ringer, Bill Simmons’s Site, Will Switch Its Host to Vox Media -<br />By DANIEL VICTORMAY 30, 2017<br />The Ringer, a sports and culture website created by Bill Simmons, will soon be hosted on Vox Media’s platform<br />but maintain editorial independence under a partnership announced on Tuesday.<br />He said that there was no date set for The Ringer’s arrival but that it was expected “later this summer.”<br />Mr. Simmons said in a statement: “This partnership allows us to remain independent while<br />leveraging two of the things that Vox Media is great at: sales and technology.<br />Jim Bankoff, Vox’s chief executive, said in a phone interview<br />that the partnership was the first of its type for the company and would allow it to expand its offerings to advertisers.<br />“They fit really well with our way of doing things, and we’re excited to grow together,” Mr. Bankoff said.
