Scout.com

{{Short description|Sports publishing company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Scout.com

| industry = Digital Media

| location = United States

| parent = Paramount Global

| url = {{URL|http://www.scout.com/}}

| language = English

|founded = 2001

|dissolved = 2017

| successor = 247Sports

}}

Scout Media was an integrated sports publishing company that produced Internet content covering hundreds of professional and college teams across America.{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/3/company.html |title=Company Overview |publisher=Scout.com |access-date=June 11, 2013}} The company was founded in 2001 and was acquired by Fox Sports in 2005.{{Cite web|title=CBS Buys Bankrupt Sports Video Site Scout Media for $9.5 Million|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/cbs-bankrupt-scout-media-acquisition-1201975820/|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=February 1, 2017|website=Variety|access-date=May 29, 2020}} In 2013, Fox Sports sold Scout to North American Membership Group which later rebranded to Scout Media.{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20131121/namg-confirms-it-has-bought-scout-from-fox-networks-group-in-content-roll-up-bid/|title=NAMG Confirms It Has Bought Scout From Fox Networks Group in Dude-Focused Content Roll-Up Bid|date=21 November 2013|website=All Things D|author-first1=Kara|author-last1=Swisher|publisher=Dow Jones & Company}} Scout filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2016 and was then acquired by CBS Corporation (now Paramount Global) in February 2017 for $9.5 million after submitting the only bid for the bankrupt company. Paramount later folded Scout into 247Sports, with Scout.com redirecting to the site.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina-state/Board/103752/Contents/247SportsScout-merger-What-Users-Need-to-Know-108062467/|title=247Sports/Scout merger -- What Users Need to Know}}