Some online sleuthing by Norman Oder, the chronicler of all things Atlantic Yards, reveals that BSE Global, parent company of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and Barclays, has purchased Brooklyn Magazine, an online quarterly, and plans an expansion into media to further its Brooklyn brand.
In an extensive report published Saturday, Oder wrote the acquisition of Brooklyn Magazine is just the start of the effort by Joe and Clara Wu Tsai’s
[T]he formerly-indie Brooklyn Magazine—mostly a web presence, plus a good podcast—has joined BSE Global, the holding company owned by Joe Tsai (and the Julia Koch family) that includes the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty, and Barclays Center operating company.