A DraftKings spokesperson said they were “disappointed that Barron’s is reporting on a confidential internal email exchange on which a reporter was mistakenly copied, and then speculating on why certain edits were made to a statement."

Read that reporting here:

Just last year, DraftKings highlighted in a proxy filing that it had been awarded a “Culture Excellence Award for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Practices” for the third year in a row from Top Workplaces. Now its legal department is cutting references to diversity in its public statements.

Then the Chief Legal Officer sent back what he called a "slightly revised" version—deleting the words “diverse” and “inclusive” and making no other changes.

The internal email chain I was inadvertently copied on was the draft of a statement sent by the company's comms team to its legal team for approval. The statement initially said the Spanish feature will support an "inclusive experience” for its "diverse customer base.”