BallHype Blog

After 18 months of going it alone, we’ve decided to join forces with Future US, Inc. You can read the press release here, and some more details here. Future US has a terrific portfolio of magazines and web sites, and we’ll benefit from their expertise, resources and audience.

What changes around here? Not much… BallHype and ShowHype are still the places to go for sports and entertainment news, and Jason, Erin, Howie and Ziller are still doing the same thing as before, except now we’re getting a paycheck. We’re also hiring, so if you’re a software engineer or editor, send us a note.

We know BallHype and ShowHype wouldn’t be what they are today without support from many of you. We are appreciative of every story posted (unless you’re a venetian blinds manufacturer), comment, link and widget. Thank you!

Got him to come work for us! Yes, that’s right, Howie The Hype Guy is our new Community Manager. He’ll be doing things like responding to user requests and feedback and more when we can get him to blow off classes and blogging for a while.

If you’ve read The FanHouse or NBA Basketball and Other Unrelatedness, you already know that Howie is a huge sports fan and prolific blogger, cartoonist, fotoshop master, and possesses a fertile imagination. Just who we’re looking for, Howie — welcome to Ballhype!