On September 24, 2018, ESPN and Durant announced plans for The Boardroom, a six-episode series hosted by Rich Kleiman and Jay Williams.
[2] The show premiered on February 11, 2019, with guests including LeBron James, P. J. Tucker, Maverick Carter, Andre Iguodala, Jack Dorsey, CJ McCollum, and Breanna Stewart.
[3] By 2019, Boardroom became a standalone media network and expanded in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, which Kleiman told Forbes was a "pivotal moment" for the company.
[5] Later that year, Boardroom announced the launch of two podcasts, "Out of Office with Rich Kleiman" and "The ETCs with Kevin Durant".
[6] As of June 2022, The Athletic reported that Boardroom was a 25-person company with digital news media, podcasts, video and social content.