Gannett Co., Inc.'s USA TODAY Sports Media Group, MLB Advanced Media to Partner on Product Development Venture

Gannett Co., Inc.'s USA TODAY Sports Media Group and MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, announced a joint venture to develop and produce new content and products for sports fans across all digital and mobile platforms. The joint venture will be based in New York City, and the staff will be located at both the Chelsea Market headquarters of MLBAM and the New York offices of USA TODAY Sports Media Group. It will draw from personnel within each organization, as well as new hires to be announced in the near future, to develop and launch products beginning as early as this summer.