Author Topic: ESPN grudge kills Grantland (Read 2554 times)

Human Snorenado · « **on:** October 30, 2015, 02:23:52 PM »

http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/

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Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland. After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe will have a broader and more significant impact across our enterprise.

GOOBY PLZ

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:29:31 PM »

Was just going to post this. ESPN is seriously unable to come to grips with the cord cutting age.

Perhaps they should stop spending 1,200,000 to get the rights to the Idaho Potato Bowl and start investing in creating new ways to create revenue with the sports fan base?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:31:33 PM »

Is The Undefeated one of these projects?

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:35:07 PM »

Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on October 30, 2015, 02:29:31 PM

Was just going to post this. ESPN is seriously unable to come to grips with the cord cutting age.

Perhaps they should stop spending 1,200,000 to get the rights to the Idaho Potato Bowl and start investing in creating new ways to create revenue with the sports fan base?

They can only publicly execute Stephen A and Skip Bayless once, but they can rebroadcast that shit for all of eternity

Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:36:04 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on October 30, 2015, 02:31:33 PM

Is The Undefeated one of these projects?

I assure you 538 is done right after the election too.

As usual ESPN cuts the wrong part of their operation out.

benjipwns · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:18:18 PM »

Now ESPN can finally get back to covering sports like it was meant to be covered through properties such as SportsNation. Or His and Hers.

I'm glad they've all but eliminated written analysis on the main website outside of Insider. What kind of nutjob wants to read about sports? Three minute clips, interviews and faux-debates plz.

I wouldn't have seen this otherwise: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/14006960/kiss-make-clippers-put-steve-ballmer-mark-cuban-kiss-cam

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:22:40 PM »

Not surprising but very short sighted of them.

Kara · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:35:45 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 30, 2015, 02:28:09 PM

Now if only someone could work it out so that Bill Simmons could never write or put out a podcast again. Ideally without killing or maiming the dude.

benjipwns · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:46:53 PM »

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"We're getting out of the pop culture business," the senior ESPN source said.

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An ESPN spokeswoman said the company remains "totally committed" to two of its other digital offshoots, FiveThirtyEight and The Undefeated.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:52:58 PM »

The Undefeated

fuck ESPN for this, but not unexpected. Hope Lowe goes to HBO and joins Bill.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:03:25 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on October 30, 2015, 03:46:53 PM

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"We're getting out of the pop culture business," the senior ESPN source said.

Hopefully that means their hyper lame Highly Questionable rapper interviews and Lil Wayne's PTI appearances are dunzo

Brehvolution · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:12:12 PM »

Yet they still keep Skip and Cowturd.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:13:11 PM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on October 30, 2015, 04:12:12 PM

Yet they still keep Skip and Cowturd.

Cowturd has been gone for a month; it's not because ESPN cares that he sucks as a commentator, but because his schtick was "say racist shit!" whereas Skip's is "say stupid shit!"

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:13:46 PM »

https://twitter.com/MJ_Baumann/status/660155335311650816

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:13:57 PM »

Quote from: Brehvolution on October 30, 2015, 04:12:12 PM

Yet they still keep Skip and Cowturd.

Actually Colin is gone from ESPN but you could substitute any number of awful names on their roster for his.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:15:48 PM »

I didn't see that. I haven't been to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch in awhile which is where I could watch him talk to himself on mute for my whole meal.

bluemax · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:20:31 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 30, 2015, 04:08:07 PM

Hope Barnwell finds a good home.

Amen. I will also miss Matt Hinton, Holly Anderson, Zach Lowe and Jonah Keri.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:22:46 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on October 30, 2015, 03:46:53 PM

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"We're getting out of the pop culture business," the senior ESPN source said.
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An ESPN spokeswoman said the company remains "totally committed" to two of its other digital offshoots, FiveThirtyEight and The Undefeated.

That quote is blowing my mind. Sports IS pop culture. The ESPY's is a celebration of sports and it's effect on pop culture. One of their best radio shows, The Dan Lebatard Show, eschews sports in favor of pop culture almost daily.

I don't know why they can't just say that "it wasn't making money" and be done with it.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:39:15 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 30, 2015, 04:18:14 PM

Skip > Simmons.

At least Skip doesn't force you to read a 5,000 word essay about some random 90's movie in order to get to some half-baked NBA analysis.

I just blocked you for this. I hope you fucking die in a fire for suggesting that skip > anyone. Bridge too far.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #19 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:42:19 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 30, 2015, 04:18:14 PM

Skip > Simmons.

At least Skip doesn't force you to read a 5,000 word essay about some random 90's movie in order to get to some half-baked NBA analysis.

For anyone who isn't aware, Walrus hates Simmons simply because he wrote a positive article about Lebron, like, once or twice.

benjipwns · « **Reply #20 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:47:23 PM »

http://theundefeated.com/

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." - Maya Angelou

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #21 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:56:28 PM »

Who knows what was just said, other than that it was probably a bunch of bitter whining with the ultimate reasoning behind it being that Simmons has never sucked Kobe's overrated dick

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #22 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:22:29 PM »

All the reasons you list as to why you hate him are exactly why I love him, so *shrugs*

benjipwns · « **Reply #23 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:23:49 PM »

http://deadspin.com/how-grantland-died-1739682579

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In retrospect, the editorial exodus looks to have been more or less the end. One Grantlander says that no one knew the four editors were leaving to join Simmons until the day they left. That's because, another source says, Simmons has been warring with ESPN both by acting as a source for writer Jim Miller, and by more nefarious means.

While Grantland writers are on contract, editors are at-will. The four editors' exits were coordinated, and Simmons, according to this source, told the editors who jumped ship with him that a condition of their employment was that they couldn't warn anyone at ESPN they were leaving, in order to hit the site as hard as possible.

"He put his beef with [ESPN president John] Skipper above the jobs of dozens of people," one Grantland staffer said.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #24 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:57:35 PM »

Wait is walrus a Kobe-stan?

God those are annoying.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #25 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:09:38 PM »

Yeah but kobe-stans and lakers fans are like rectangles and squares. Sometimes they're one and the same, sometimes they're not.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #26 on:** October 30, 2015, 06:35:04 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on October 30, 2015, 04:13:46 PM

https://twitter.com/MJ_Baumann/status/660155335311650816

this has happened so many times to online writers at this point

actually know this dude so feels bad

Mandark · « **Reply #27 on:** October 31, 2015, 12:22:10 AM »

Quote from: The Walrus on October 30, 2015, 04:55:05 PM

Simmons has spent more time sucking LeBron's cock than anyone not named BrandNew, Stoney Mason, or John Holllinger, but that has little to do with why I dislike him.

benjipwns · « **Reply #28 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:07:35 AM »

Page 2 was alive for 12 years.

Simmons was on there from 2001 until Grantland.

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