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sportsgenius86 posted:I will never ever speak ill of someone for berating a towing company employee. Not ever. gently caress all tow truck-related people. They can be really scummy but it's not the fault of the lady working the front desk and none of the poo poo she was screaming at her about has anything to do with that
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So I guess I'm never going to visit Fox Sports' website again now that it's 100% video. Good luck to them with that, it's something different at least. Speaking of Fox Sports, what is happening with Katie Nolan? Her show has been off the air forever and she hasn't had a new podcast since the Super Bowl.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Speaking of Fox Sports, what is happening with Katie Nolan? Her show has been off the air forever and she hasn't had a new podcast since the Super Bowl. Fox effectively canceled Garbage Time back in January or March (something about how "we believe Katie deserves a better format" or some other corporate bullshit) and there were rumors a while back that ESPN was desperately trying to land her, but that was before the "survival of the least expendable" talent cuts started happening.
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ESPN's tried at least a couple times to get Katie. At one point a couple years ago they offered a trade to Fox Sports that would have sent Ian Darke to FS.Deadspin posted:In any case, The Big Lead reports today that the proposed mechanism for bringing Nolan from Fox to ESPN was a trade: Nolan to Grantland, in exchange for ace soccer commentator Ian Darke. Apparently the whole thing fell through when Fox asked ESPN to include NASCAR reporter Marty Smith in the deal;
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Jun 28, 2017 19:25
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SI has a fantastic story about Clinton Portis wanting to literally murder the money managers that swindled him
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Jun 28, 2017 20:05
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Looks like MTV News is dead; can The Ringer get back its worthwhile pop culture writers now? http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mtv-news-1202481377/
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Jun 28, 2017 21:36
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xbilkis posted:Looks like MTV News is dead; can The Ringer get back its worthwhile pop culture writers now? was about to post this what a lovely time for online writers at least one is available https://twitter.com/mollylambert/status/880162161468637185
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Jun 28, 2017 21:39
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Looks like Holly Anderson got got too. I'd be surprised if any writers of note were still around.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:45
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What about Kurt Loder? Still employed? Still alive? I honestly have no clue.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:47
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Mahoning posted:What about Kurt Loder? Still employed? Still alive? I honestly have no clue. https://twitter.com/kurt_loder/status/878686633096359936
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Jun 28, 2017 21:49
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Jun 28, 2017 21:51
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Columns are like assholes; everybody's got one and nobody wants to read yours.
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General Dog posted:Videos are like assholes; everybody's got one and nobody wants to look at yours.
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xbilkis posted:Looks like Holly Anderson got got too. I'd be surprised if any writers of note were still around. Holly, Ezekiel Kweku, Brian Phillips--they're all gone.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:22
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MTV is so good at finding and recruiting talent and then losing that talent in their biennial direction change.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:28
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To be fair nobody was reading it, but I really enjoyed what they were doing. Hope Shrill had some money in the bank for his new baby.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:30
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How much younger are they aiming? They already hit the millennial demo really hard, and it's not like tweens and under have any purchasing power for ad buyers...
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Inspector_666 posted:How much younger are they aiming? They already hit the millennial demo really hard, and it's not like tweens and under have any purchasing power for ad buyers...
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DJExile posted:SI has a fantastic story about Clinton Portis wanting to literally murder the money managers that swindled him quote:Portis is among the former players eligible to receive benefits from the NFL’s $1 billion concussion settlement, which could entitle him to up to $1.5 million if he shows signs of early dementia and as much as $5 million should he be diagnosed with ALS—but in order to receive even a penny he would have to undergo testing and demonstrate clear symptoms of severe problems. And he’s wary of being evaluated because those tests might reveal that the fog is encroaching just as he has learned to navigate this complicated world. “F--- that concussion money,” he says. “I’m scared. I’m really scared of the results.” 
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GobiasIndustries posted:RIP written language I don't know about that. Just seems like what they were trying to do is being done by a hundred other sites. Everyone was hiring twenty-something to write socially progressive stuff about current events. gently caress, I think even Playboy got in the game too for awhile. There's still a ton of sites writing stuff. My guess is MTV just decided it was too saturated.
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Niwrad posted:I don't know about that. Just seems like what they were trying to do is being done by a hundred other sites. Everyone was hiring twenty-something to write socially progressive stuff about current events. gently caress, I think even Playboy got in the game too for awhile. in any case this is alarming https://twitter.com/AlexPutterman/status/880167440038146048
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Jun 29, 2017 01:43
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I wonder if more writers will end up like Sean Mcindoe (downgoesbrown). He splits articles every week between vice/Sportsnet/thn and sometimes the athletic.
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Scaramouche posted:I wonder if more writers will end up like Sean Mcindoe (downgoesbrown). He splits articles every week between vice/Sportsnet/thn and sometimes the athletic. I wonder if we'll see some go the Patreon route. Nate Duncan put his podcast and other content on it and seems to be doing well. https://www.patreon.com/DuncanLeroux We're also seeing a site like The Athletic grow which seems to be aimed at more in-depth coverage of local sports than you'd get from your local paper. Perhaps great writers will move from relying on clickbait to just having a small group of people pay for their content. For what it's worth it does seem like the quality writers do get hired at other places. The handful of Gawker writers with talent got scooped up and same for Grantland when that was closed down. The good writers from MTV will end up at Vice, Slate, Buzzfeed, or one of those other sites.
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Jun 29, 2017 02:10
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Holly can probably go back to SBNation if she wants to do sports again and I'm sure someone will give Phillips a feature writing gig but yeah it sucks. That site was doing really good work.
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Jun 29, 2017 02:17
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The first response to Molly Lambert on Twitter is the Deputy Editor from Vice asking to get in touch. The talented ones will land on their feet.
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If somehow the Original Grantland crew got together I would pay at least $10/mo just for access to the website and podcasts. I can't be the only one willing to pay for good content
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Adun posted:If somehow the Original Grantland crew got together I would pay at least $10/mo just for access to the website and podcasts. One of the weird trends is that more and more young people are paying for content. 18% of 18-24 year olds are paying for online news (this is up from 4% in 2016). 20% of 25-34 year olds too.
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Niwrad posted:One of the weird trends is that more and more young people are paying for content. 18% of 18-24 year olds are paying for online news (this is up from 4% in 2016). 20% of 25-34 year olds too. I'd like to think we're collectively figuring out that you get what you pay for.
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Adun posted:If somehow the Original Grantland crew got together I would pay at least $10/mo just for access to the website and podcasts. I believe this used to be called a daily newspaper
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I wish Wesley Morris was still reviewing movies somewhere. Seems like he barely puts out anything at the Times except his podcast.
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GoutPatrol posted:I believe this used to be called a daily newspaper He said good content
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xbilkis posted:Looks like MTV News is dead; can The Ringer get back its worthwhile pop culture writers now? How do they feel about The Wire
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soggybagel posted:Morbid curiosity no doubt drove the remaining clicks. This but unironically, as the Awful Announcing piece included numerous links to foxsports.com
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This is a really good story ESPN put up today. http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19760676/university-rochester-football-player-kidnapped-tortured-40-hours
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Niwrad posted:This is a really good story ESPN put up today.  quote:Kollias says he believes none of this would have happened if the university had cracked down on Smith's earlier drug activities -- and if the Division III coaches he played for weren't so blinded by Smith's football talent. Kollias is especially outraged by how Dan Kyle, the assistant coach, bailed Smith out of jail. Kyle, head coach Scott Greene and university President Joel Seligman all declined repeated requests for an interview. Instead, a university spokeswoman emailed a statement. "Isaiah Smith was a student in good standing up until his arrest," she wrote, explaining that the university, as a Division III school, is not required to drug test its players. She added: "No member of the administration, nor any coaches or University athletics staff members asked Dan Kyle to sign for Smith's release. This was an unusual occurrence." ay yo gently caress sports peace
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