Adam Best
| Adam Best | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1978 Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur, film producer, writer, political activist |
| 🌐 Website | adambest |
Adam Best (born December 18, 1978 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American entrepreneur, film producer, writer and political activist. He is a co-founder and former CEO of FanSided, a sports, news, and entertainment network. Best graduated from Full Sail University’s school of film.[1] He has worked professionally as a screenwriter, commercially as an actor, and has written and directed several short films. He is an executive producer for the film, “Here We Are,” which premiered at the Austin Film Festival.[2] Best is a produced playwright. While studying playwriting at the University of Missouri, he received a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival nomination. Best also briefly played linebacker and safety for the Emporia State University football team.
Education[edit]
Best studied theatre at Kansas State University from 1999-2002. He then attended Full Sail University from 2002-2003 where he obtained a degree in film, cinema and video studies. Afterwards, Best took courses at the University of Missouri from 2004-2005. He was granted a scholarship while studying playwriting at the University of Missouri, and received a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival nomination.
Career[edit]
After being selected as a finalist for FOX Sports Next Great Sportswriter II contest [3] in 2006 (under pseudonym “absolutebest”), he and his brother, web designer Zach Best, launched a Kansas City Chiefs blog called Arrowhead Addict.
In 2009, Best and his brother co-founded FanSided, an online sports blog, news and entertainment network. Best served as CEO of FanSided until it was acquired by Time Inc.[1]
In 2015, after FanSided sold, Best stayed on as a general manager overseeing the FanSided network as a division of the Sports Illustrated Group.[4] In December 2016, FanSided launched Fandom 250 where it ranked the top 250 fantasy football fan bases, with Best describing it as shining a spotlight on "passionate fans."[5]
On March 2, 2017, Best announced his departure from FanSided.[6]
Activism[edit]
Best often expresses his thoughts and opinions on modern-day American politics and social issues through social media. He is known for his anti-Trump stance and advocating for liberal democratic causes and animal rights.[7]
Controversy[edit]
On October 17, 2017, Adam Best publicly criticized online sports and entertainment publication Barstool Sports, for posting a tweet with sexual innuendo. In response, one of Barstool Sports writers posted old tweets from Adam Best, dating between 2009 and 2010, that included inappropriate sentiments towards women. As a result, on October 19, 2017, Best issued an on Twitter.[8] On October 27, 2017, Best provided additional commentary on the incident in an op-ed titled ‘A Look in the Mirror: Men Need to Help Change the Culture of Toxic Masculinity,’[9] which was published on Medium.com.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fan-focused websites started by Hillcrest grads acquired by publisher of Sports Illustrated, June 9, 2015, Springfield News-Leader
- ↑ Here We Are, at 2017 Austin Film Festival
- ↑ Nine Questions with Zach and Adam Best, October, 2105, 417 Magazine
- ↑ Time Inc. Acquires FanSided, a Sports and Entertainment Digital Network, May 26, 2015, Sports Illustrated
- ↑ Tulloch, Brian (7 December 2016). "Fantasy Football Fans Ranked in Fandom 250". FOX Sports.
- ↑ FanSided CEO/GM/Co-Founder Adam Best Announces his Departure, March 2, 2017, Awful Announcing
- ↑ Inside The Chaotic Battle To Be The Top Reply To A Trump Tweet, June 9, 2017, BuzzFeed.com
- ↑ "Media executive calls out Barstool for being sexist, and gets exposed as massive misogynist". WEEI. 20 October 2017.
- ↑ A Look in the Mirror: Men Need to Help Change the Culture of Toxic Masculinity, October 27, 2017, Medium.com
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