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Outdoor Sportsman Group, Inc. (a.k.a. Outdoor Sportsman), a subsidiary of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE), is an outdoors media group in the United States. They publish 19 hunting, fishing and shooting magazines, and own the Sportsman & Outdoor Channels, and World Fishing Network specialty channels, as well as the MyOutdoorTV.com internet TV network, and 19.9% of the Canadian Sportsman Channel having purchased the Sportsman Channel from its founders in June 2007. [1] [2] [3] In 2014, KSE acquired Outdoor Sportsman Group (then known as InterMedia Outdoor Holdings) from InterMedia Partners. [4] InterMedia had acquired the magazines from Primedia in 2006. [5]

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In addition to traditional magazine publishing, Outdoor Sportsman Group is also involved with 11 top-rated TV series, syndicated radio, consumer events, and brand-driven merchandising businesses.

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References

  1. Romell, Rick (4 June 2007). "Founders will keep posts at cable TV company". JS Online . Journal Communications. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. Davis, Bob (4 June 2007). "InterMedia Outdoors To Buy Remaining Interest of The Sportsman Channel". Business Wire . Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. "The Sportsman Channel secures second quarter programming". The Sportsman Channel . 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. "Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Acquires InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, including Sportsman Channel". PR Newswire Association LLC . Cision. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. Sorkin, Andrew Ross (December 7, 2006). "InterMedia to Buy Primedia's Outdoor Magazines". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved October 23, 2008.