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Why i'm leaving the Athletic
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Jul 20, 2019 12:10
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There will always be a place in the Chicago Cubs organization for Jonah Keri.
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Jul 20, 2019 16:05
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thrilla in vanilla posted:There will always be a place in the Chicago Cubs organization for Jonah Keri.  Man gently caress my favorite baseball team.
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Jul 20, 2019 16:27
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Consider joining excellent poster Pancakes and Barack Obama in supporting the lovable Chicago white socks, friend.
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Jul 20, 2019 16:28
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thrilla in vanilla posted:There will always be a place in the Chicago Cubs organization for Jonah Keri. not if Barstool has any say in the matter
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Jul 20, 2019 17:52
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Consider joining excellent poster Pancakes and Barack Obama in supporting the lovable Chicago white socks, friend. all are welcome here
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Jul 20, 2019 19:21
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AsInHowe posted:Potentially lots of Me Too stuff in there too. According to?
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Jul 22, 2019 14:26
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Andrew Bucholtz managed to gently caress up the spelling of Manny Pacquiao's name like 8 times in one article. It's kind of impressive.
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Jul 22, 2019 14:40
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Henchman of Santa posted:The real appeal has always been the fan submissions. He can't genuinely muster enough hate for like, the AFC South. Is it 32-ish business days to FOOTBAW? Hell yes it is! https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2019-arizona-cardinals-1836556422 That poor confused Irishman, the fan submissions are always good for a sensible chuckle. Also Pottsville Maroons forever!
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Jul 22, 2019 18:55
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ah, Deadspin, where being a "good" poo poo-talker excuses the fact that you're doped to the gills
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Jul 24, 2019 19:34
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Troy Queef posted:ah, Deadspin, where being a "good" poo poo-talker excuses the fact that you're doped to the gills Every sport except combat sports (and even that has a caveat) should be juiced to the gills.
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Jul 24, 2019 20:29
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iwentdoodie posted:Every sport except combat sports (and even that has a caveat) should be juiced to the gills. This is so dumb
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Jul 24, 2019 21:15
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iwentdoodie posted:Every sport except combat sports (and even that has a caveat) should be juiced to the gills. we get it, you like Barry Bonds.
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Jul 24, 2019 22:23
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Dutchy posted:This is so dumb Agreed let jon Jones juice too
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Jul 25, 2019 01:32
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Metapod posted:Agreed let jon Jones juice too good news!
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Jul 25, 2019 01:58
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Metapod posted:Agreed let jon Jones juice too No!!! Nobody juice!!!
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Jul 25, 2019 03:29
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https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2019-oakland-raiders-1836667319 Fully, entirely aware that everyone here likely reads every one of these anyway but the best ones are the ones that require no jokes
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Jul 25, 2019 19:25
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mactheknife posted:https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2019-oakland-raiders-1836667319 They should make for a stellar season of Hard Knocks
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Jul 25, 2019 19:41
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mactheknife posted:https://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2019-oakland-raiders-1836667319 I was wondering when Jon Gruden would become a giant red blob in their articles, and now I have my answer.
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Jul 26, 2019 02:12
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I just saw that Nick Martin, formerly of Deadspin and currently of Splinter, is leaving for a new gig. In the usual GMG roast post, there was a comment from Billy Haisley. He's Deadspin's news editor now. God help us all.
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Jul 26, 2019 21:58
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also this was just posted https://twitter.com/gmgunion/status/1154857101325475844 (click on the link for said survey) Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Jul 26, 2019 |
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Jul 26, 2019 22:00
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Timby posted:I just saw that Nick Martin, formerly of Deadspin and currently of Splinter, is leaving for a new gig. if it means he doesn't write any loving articles then i'm all for it as much as it's a pretty clear signifier of that site's continuing downfall
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Jul 26, 2019 22:03
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MourningView posted:deadspin is good
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Jul 26, 2019 22:16
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Deadspin, Jalopnik, Kotaku, and Gizmodo are all pretty great in terms of free content on the internet. I even click through some Kinja deals once in a while to support the sites. I’d pay $5 a month or whatever just to get them off kinja though and if it meant some more stability and support for the sites.
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Jul 27, 2019 01:44
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Considering how may times per day I reflexively click on any number of GMG sites, they have definitely earned a subscription from me
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Jul 27, 2019 02:21
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yeah i was really upset when i thought they were gonna close, deadspin in particular tends to have some of the most required reading of any site period coming out imo
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Jul 27, 2019 20:01
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when I said the site was going down in quality I basically just meant it's not as funny anymore I'd sub too, tbh
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Jul 28, 2019 02:03
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I mean maybe you are more interested in who ESPN personalities are loving than I am idk
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Jul 28, 2019 03:45
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The Athletic has 500k subs: https://twitter.com/Travonne/status/1155883505454157824?s=20 e: it probably doesn't mean 500k concurrent subs as of this moment because marketing, but gently caress it
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Jul 29, 2019 18:14
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Kibner posted:The Athletic has 500k subs: They're going to need growth to accelerate a lot more quickly than that if the financial model is to be in any way solvent.
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Jul 29, 2019 18:19
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Kibner posted:The Athletic has 500k subs: Why?
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Jul 29, 2019 18:30
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It's really good for the most part?
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Jul 29, 2019 18:36
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Timby posted:They're going to need growth to accelerate a lot more quickly than that if the financial model is to be in any way solvent. No they don't, acceleration and forced growth is why all this poo poo is failing. Because the hedge funds that own all the papers are just seeking more profits and shuttering them when they don't meet expectations and absurd growth. I hope they continue to be allowed to grow. Because there's a ton of cool writers on there.
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Jul 29, 2019 18:53
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Dexo posted:No they don't, acceleration and forced growth is why all this poo poo is failing. Because the hedge funds that own all the papers are just seeking more profits and shuttering them when they don't meet expectations and absurd growth. Even with 500,000 subs they're still probably burning through cash, so they need to be profitable at some point
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Jul 29, 2019 18:58
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morestuff posted:Even with 500,000 subs they're still probably burning through cash, so they need to be profitable at some point 500k subs * $64 (how much the average yearly sub brings in in revenue) = 32M a year. The article also said they expect to reach 1M subs by the end of this calendar year. That should just about make it profitable, I figure.
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Jul 29, 2019 19:34
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I’ve not seen a single person say they pay more than 40 bucks for the athletic and the moment people have to pay more instead of their intro price, folks will stop. They’ll need to constantly get new people subscribing or people will need to pay more. It’s like all the other businesses that keep prices low to get a customer base but then can’t jack up prices to actually be profitable
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Jul 29, 2019 19:47
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uggy posted:I’ve not seen a single person say they pay more than 40 bucks for the athletic and the moment people have to pay more instead of their intro price, folks will stop. They’ll need to constantly get new people subscribing or people will need to pay more. It’s like all the other businesses that keep prices low to get a customer base but then can’t jack up prices to actually be profitable Uh they said their average annual payment per user is $64 a year, but yeah let's go with anecdotes quote:The Athletic, based in San Francisco, is an ad-free, online-only network for local sports coverage. Subscriptions cost $10 a month or $60 a year, though many customers have signed up at lower promotional rates. The site’s average annual revenue per subscriber is roughly $64, Mather said.
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Jul 29, 2019 19:48
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Lots of people are on month-to-month too at the higher per month rate. I think I'll give them another shot this year when NBA starts ramping up. I tried two seasons ago and I thought it was good but wasn't quite what I was looking for.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:06
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even if their ARPU is fairly low it still bizarrely will almost look better for investors since it will be easy to show somewhat stable growth. they will raise prices or not offer as many deals next year to bump it up a few dollars, then more the next year, etc. they'll probably have good retention rates since people have short term memories and the investors are probably on board with that growth plan. not that it might be as great for us in 5 years when we're paying 10-15/month but they give a lot of freedom/pay to a lot of really good writers and their interface is clean, so the price point before i cancel would be pretty high
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Jul 29, 2019 20:18
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Lockback posted:Lots of people are on month-to-month too at the higher per month rate. It's much better now. Individual team coverages, much better national writers. It's seriously great. I get why people don't want to subscribe but if the money isn't an issue it's totally worth it.
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