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Should Sports Editors Forbid Their Writers From Helping ESPN Essentially Kill Newspapers? | The Big Lead
With the launch of espnboston.com and the revelation that espn is not letting their people appear on any radio shows (other than espn radio), will newspapers and other media retaliate? In my opinion it's too late; the espn-local city-dotcom sites are destined to overtake newspapersfor coverage of local pro and college sports.
With the launch of espnboston.com and the revelation that espn is not letting their people appear on any radio shows (other than espn radio), will newspapers and other media retaliate? In my opinion it's too late; the espn-local city-dotcom sites are destined to overtake newspapersfor coverage of local pro and college sports.
It has been well-documented in recent months that ESPN is making a push into regional markets with websites like ESPNChicago, ESPNBoston and this week, ESPNDallas. According to Fox Business, “The push by ESPN is aimed at leveraging the company’s global name recognition into new ad dollars at the still-growing local level.” This is already working in Chicago. The Boston Globe, perhaps nervous, is fighting back. Is the next logical move for sports editors to forbid their “star” columnists and beat writers from helping ESPN essentially kill newspapers?