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Mike Reiss leaving Globe for ESPNBoston.com [merged]
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Mike Reiss heads to ESPNBoston.com
Posted by Mike Florio on August 27, 2009 7:30 PM ET
It's going to be hard to keep badgering ESPN is they continue to hire people we like.
Last week, our friend Adam Schefter arrived in Bristol. This week, word has emerged that our pal Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe, one of the best beat writers in the business (and now I've just pissed off Dan Leberfeld . . . again) will join ESPN's new Boston-only portal, ESPNBoston.com.
According to Michael David Smith of FanHouse, Reiss and Peter Gammons and Michael Smith and Bill Simmons will contribute content to the ESPN-owned site devoted solely to Boston sports.
It's the continuation of ESPN's evil plan to dominate the world, with a series of smaller sites that focus on one specific city, and thus drive the local newspapers further into submission, Wal-Mart style.
Previously, there were rumors that Reiss was under consideration for the job at NFL Network vacated earlier this year by Schefter.
So congrats to Mike Reiss, and best wishes for continued success, even if such success will come as a member of the Mother Ship.
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Cool, now I won't have to go to the Globe or Herald. Sweet!
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Apparently ESPN is launching new city-specific sites for all of its ESPN Radio affiliates, ESPN 890 WAMG included, with beat writers and the whole deal like WEEI.com. I wonder if Mike will have a expanded editorial role over the site, like Chris Price has with WEEI.com.
Also, CBS Radio/CBS Sports is launching their own sites for their CBS Radio sports talk affiliates (i.e. 98.5 The Sports Hub), which is why 985TheSportsHub.com has a CBS Sports theme.
It's clear this is the direction modern sports news media is heading. Selfishly, it's nice to have Mike sticking around instead of taking on a national role (yet) with ESPN, like what Tom Curran did with NBC, Bert Breer with SN, and Michael Smith/Peter Gammons with ESPN. And obviously, it's better than having him jump to another city all together, a la Bert Breer to Dallas, Jerome Solomon to Houston, or Mark J. Spears to wherever he went.
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Doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering 890's 3rd place standing in a now 3 horse race. Maybe they offered him a lot of $$$ to help develop/drive the website hits as a means to attract more listeners to the radio shows. Kind of like what WEEI did with Rob Bradford. Not sure what WBZ is planning to do on the web but heading to 890 doesn't sound like a smart local career move unless Mike believes it will get him national exposure.
Re: Mike Reiss leaves Globe for ESPNBoston.com [merged]
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Originally Posted by MoLewisrocks
Doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering 890's 3rd place standing in a now 3 horse race. Maybe they offered him a lot of $$$ to help develop/drive the website hits as a means to attract more listeners to the radio shows. Kind of like what WEEI did with Rob Bradford. Not sure what WBZ is planning to do on the web but heading to 890 doesn't sound like a smart local career move unless Mike believes it will get him national exposure.
Forgot about Bradford. Him or Price's move to WEEI were up-the-ladder, more exposure, but I'm not sure that's the case with Mike. His move is lateral-at-best in terms of exposure around this city, but obviously it may set him up for more exposure nationally on ESPN (which he has been doing lately on First Take) and an increased role that way, something Bradford and Price's gigs will not, since WEEI only has a loose affiliation with Fox Sports.
Yet another MetroWest Daily News alum, too. First Curran, then Breer, now Reiss all graduating from the MetroWest to bigger and better things. It was good to see Mike work his way from Patriots Football Weekly to the Daily News, to the Globe, and straight to the top of the Globe's football ranks. A beat reporter for a struggling radio station that was life support after Felger's departure isn't the ideal switch, but as stated, it will help him in the long run I think.
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