New York Times Acquire The Athletic

[arch stanton]

I subscribe to The Athletic for hockey and soccer. Stuff written by Canadians and Brits. I don't see that changing much

[Stradling]

19 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I can actually taste the sarcasm.

No sarcasm at all. In the main forum where we discuss baseball, he brings up race and politics before anyone else. 

[tdawg87]

15 minutes ago, Stradling said:

No sarcasm at all. In the main forum where we discuss baseball, he brings up race and politics before anyone else. 

Maybe. But Taylor is the stiff competition.

[Taylor]

15 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Maybe. But Taylor is the stiff competition.

[eligrba]

11 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Sports is famously free from politics.

Respectfully disagree.  I think the difference is with athlete's ability to easily broadcast an opinion publicly. Social media has changed everything for everyone.  

[Capital_Dave]

Gotta hand it to the New York Times, they have figured out ways to stay relevant in ways that no other print newspaper has.  Their puzzle content (Spelling Bee having gone viral), the really innovative things they've done with data visualization through The Upshot, now this acquisition of a really high-quality digital news operation... the "Old Gray Lady" doesn't seem so old or gray.

[angelsnationtalk]

Cool....

Does the deal have a NTC and a signing bonus? And can they pitch?

[AngelsFaninGA]

It's not even the politics, it's that the quality of the content and discourse just takes a nosedive once the platform becomes even remotely mainstream. So instead of insightful writing it just turns into daily power rankings and inane MJ vs Lebron debates. See ESPN

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Cool....

Does the deal have a NTC and a signing bonus? And can they pitch?

Sources are reporting that our boy Cash Considerations is involved.

[Second Base]

11 hours ago, Stradling said:

No sarcasm at all. In the main forum where we discuss baseball, he brings up race and politics before anyone else. 

Not at all. I'm just the one you disagree with the most and like the least, so it sticks out in your mind. I don't post enough to even be in the discussion for that category.

[failos]

This thread sucks

[Stradling]

32 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Not at all. I'm just the one you disagree with the most and like the least, so it sticks out in your mind. I don't post enough to even be in the discussion for that category.

Don’t flatter yourself. You may not post much anymore but when you do, you are going to bring up BLM or some dumb shit that doesn’t belong on here. 

[Second Base]

50 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Don’t flatter yourself. You may not post much anymore but when you do, you are going to bring up BLM or some dumb shit that doesn’t belong on here. 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Second Base said:

It’s appropriate that you went with a Canadian.  

[gotbeer]

So back to the NYT acquiring the Athletic.  Some articles a few month ago.  There was actually one a week or two ago that I can't find, that was discussing the viability of the Athletic model.  And how they are spending a ton of money on writing talent and paying them well over industry norm to retain them.  And that that model was unsustainable.

The Athletic: $140M In Funding, Still Not Profitable

Is The Athletic Running Out of Time?

 

Just my opinion, but the biggest problem that the NYT acquiring the Athletic brings is now it's not some tech company with an idea on sports, and investors are investing in that vision.  Now it's part of the NYT and a whole different viewpoint of the media company and it's stockholders is going to be realized.  As part of a corporation, your arm needs to be profitable and drive viewers.  The Athletic model already showed, that it is not profitable.  So NYT will more than likely do what companies do when acquiring another company.  Cutting non profitable smaller markets, and really losing the soul of what the Athletic represented.  For instance, one thing that I've noticed was that the Athletic has regular articles on the Ducks.  Probably 10 people read it, but it's one of the few places that reports the ducks regularly and equally like a larger market.  But you know that writer will get cut, along with the Angels, leaving the LA teams to dictate the regions sports talk, because they drive subscribers.  Eventually, it'll get to the point that places like St. Louis will have a good % of their population reading the articles.  But since that number does not justify the salary paid, they will cut that coverage.  Leaving only the big markets having coverage, and thus the political perception of they are favoring NY or LA and not Anaheim.  

[AngelsLakersFan]

21 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

It's only an issue when it's not their "politics". 

Chanting "Let's go Brandon"? Fucking hilarious!

Kneeling during a song? REEEEEEEE

Come on tdawg, NASCAR isn’t a sport, it’s just an excuse to fuck your cousin.

[nando714]

I just read newsmax to stay current 

[tdawg87]

11 hours ago, nando714 said:

I just read newsmax to stay current 

Lol

[Taylor]

13 hours ago, nando714 said:

I just read newsmax to stay current 

I just look at my Facebook feed to stay current on the latest conspiracy theories.

[Tank]

22 hours ago, gotbeer said:

So back to the NYT acquiring the Athletic.  Some articles a few month ago.  There was actually one a week or two ago that I can't find, that was discussing the viability of the Athletic model.  And how they are spending a ton of money on writing talent and paying them well over industry norm to retain them.  And that that model was unsustainable.

The Athletic: $140M In Funding, Still Not Profitable

Is The Athletic Running Out of Time?

 

Just my opinion, but the biggest problem that the NYT acquiring the Athletic brings is now it's not some tech company with an idea on sports, and investors are investing in that vision.  Now it's part of the NYT and a whole different viewpoint of the media company and it's stockholders is going to be realized.  As part of a corporation, your arm needs to be profitable and drive viewers.  The Athletic model already showed, that it is not profitable.  So NYT will more than likely do what companies do when acquiring another company.  Cutting non profitable smaller markets, and really losing the soul of what the Athletic represented.  For instance, one thing that I've noticed was that the Athletic has regular articles on the Ducks.  Probably 10 people read it, but it's one of the few places that reports the ducks regularly and equally like a larger market.  But you know that writer will get cut, along with the Angels, leaving the LA teams to dictate the regions sports talk, because they drive subscribers.  Eventually, it'll get to the point that places like St. Louis will have a good % of their population reading the articles.  But since that number does not justify the salary paid, they will cut that coverage.  Leaving only the big markets having coverage, and thus the political perception of they are favoring NY or LA and not Anaheim.  

The NYT will turn it into Inside Sports 2.0 

[Blarg]

If the NY Times mismanages the Athletic it will create a vacuum that will foster another start-up that will seek out sports journalists until they reach a popularity index which puts them up for sale. 

[tdawg87]

59 minutes ago, Blarg said:

If the NY Times mismanages the Athletic it will create a vacuum that will foster another start-up that will seek out sports journalists until they reach a popularity index which puts them up for sale. 

Calm down.

[eligrba]

21 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Come on tdawg, NASCAR isn’t a sport, it’s just an excuse to fuck your cousin.

I mean...if she's cute......

[Slegnaac]

On 1/6/2022 at 7:27 PM, tdawg87 said:

I think he's being intentionally hyperbolic.

The medical staff needs one of those hyperbolic chambers.

Edited January 9, 2022 by Slegnaac

[full circle]

On 1/6/2022 at 10:07 PM, tdawg87 said:

It's only an issue when it's not their "politics". 

Chanting "Let's go Brandon"? Fucking hilarious!

Kneeling during a song? REEEEEEEE

I can’t stand the Let’s Go Brandon BS.  
 

 

I much prefer Fuck Joe Biden.  I’m direct that way.