Sports Illustrated Falls to the Internet

YOUGOTMOSSED said:

solid choice, but to me, this was the GOAT pinup

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Yep. Heather Thomas.... Made The Fall Guy worth watching.

On my wall in my bedroom she was right next to Larry Bird and Jim Rice.

Ice_Ice_Brady said:

I would have a lot more optimism for journalistic integrity if it weren't for the direction television has gone. I haven't watched the evening news year in years because it's just a bunch sensationalized garbage, as it can't compete while maintaining a shred of integrity within a 24-7 news cycle which competes with it and flashes big headlines every three minutes. So, you get a few channels like PBS and shows like 60 minutes that actually contain journalism, but the vast, vasy majority of television is based on flashing neon lights and dumbed down, attention-seeking hot takes. I feel bad for my kids and what "the mainstream" news will be for them. I've already noted a major problem in "the portal" between the kids and adults worlds by no longer having the printed newspaper, which served as an inclusive window where children and adults could wade into each other's worlds. Everything is totally segmented now.

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My biggest pet peeve is how often the "news" is just an advertisement for a network's other divisions. ABC/Disney is the worst. It's amazing how often the "news" on ABC is just a report on the latest Marvel movie that opened, the newest ride at WDW or the goings-on at ESPN.

robertweathers said:

Yep. Heather Thomas.... Made The Fall Guy worth watching.

On my wall in my bedroom she was right next to Larry Bird and Jim Rice.

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I remember mine was next to some old Iron Maiden posters and a poster of a Lamborghini Countach. I miss the 80's.

YOUGOTMOSSED said:

I remember mine was next to some old Iron Maiden posters and a poster of a Lamborghini Countach. I miss the 80's.

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This one was on the opposite wall.


next to this one..



My folks didn't know what to make of my musical tastes....

PatriotsReign said:

All I needed was a bra ad....

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Heard back in the 90s in my house: "Honey, what happened to my Victoria Secrets catalog?"

Ian said:

Apple is trying a service that's a blanket cost to access a lot of them, but from what I've seen, it's not going well. A Netflix for media is sort of what will need to happen, but even with millions of subscribers, with it being split among so many outlets, it's still not enough for them to survive. I think your idea of individual stories makes sense. Maybe charging $0.10 an article with one blanket account that you can replenish and can be used on any site makes the most sense since I think more people would be inclined to do it on premium content. That way, if an article garners 5000 - 10000 views, that's $500-$1000 in revenue for one article. That's certainly significantly more than the CPMs they're likely currently getting for ad revenue.

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I think I've written about this before here, but back in the 90s there were lots of proposals to move small amounts of money around. For instance if you liked an online article you would click a box to send the site a nickel or a dime. Banks hated the idea, since it cheapened their main business, creating and servicing debt.

It took a long time for the Internet to figure out to monetize itself via on line ads. Google famously tried to sell it self to Yahoo in the late 90s cuz they couldn't figure out how to do so. Eventually they saw what doubleclick.net was doing and liked it so much they bought them, and the rest is history.

Now we're stuck with this ****ty funding model which incentivizes the theft of privacy, when we could have done so much better.

I too am reluctant to buy subscriptions because most of my web time is just casual passing time waiting for other things to happen (such as software builds). But I hear The Atlantic is good value for money, and f--- BSPN!

PS: On the last podcast, Bill Simmons said he seriously was thinking of calling the Ringer BSPN instead, for the Bill Simmons Podcast Network, but decided he wanted a broader brand and wanted to distance himself from the Bristol mother ship.

Bill Lee said:

Heard back in the 90s in my house: "Honey, what happened to my Victoria Secrets catalog?"

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growing up in the 70s I couldn't help but notice how older sears roebuck catalogues would fall open to the ladies undergarment pages. It was the damnedest thing.

i love it. crash and burn baby.

SI was definitely an upgrade over National Geographic and the Sears catalog.
Cosmo wasn't bad either ...

robertweathers said:

This one was on the opposite wall.
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My folks didn't know what to make of my musical tastes....

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"Mom...Dad...It's called Rock and Roll..."

BaconGrundleCandy said:

You either like change or like irrelevancy more. Maybe my fav quote.

Sux but this is like cab drivers being taken over by Uber. You could see it coming light years away.

Very similar to scouting. 24/7, never stops & the pay/work dont add up.
I don't think the average sports fan understands how little most of these guys/ladies make & the amount of time they put into their job. Its basically a 24/7 job that pays 30-40K after we get our money stolen by the govt.

Imagine covering the Orioles, Fins or Devils the last 5-10 years. Watching that mess. Getting paid nothing. Then fired & tweeting your services are available for work.

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Yes, Sport Illustrated needed to be progressive and change with the times. Magazines on the rack will go down with newspapers. The taxis will not be taken over by Uber, but by automatic cars (self-driving taxis without the labor). It will be Uber that is will suffer.

IcyPatriot said:

Cosmo wasn't bad either ...

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It was depressing to realize that they had actually read the "10 ways to please your man" article... you just weren't worth bustin' out the heavy artillery for...

scout said:

Yes, Sport Illustrated needed to be progressive and change with the times. Magazines on the rack will go down with newspapers. The taxis will not be taken over by Uber, but by automatic cars (self-driving taxis without the labor). It will be Uber that is will suffer.

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Uber is going to be doing "Uber Air" with a test location in my city. Should be interesting.

Damn, sorry to see Wilder lose her job. Hope she lands on her feet. She’s a fellow Mainer and really funny.

scout said:

Yes, Sport Illustrated needed to be progressive and change with the times. Magazines on the rack will go down with newspapers. The taxis will not be taken over by Uber, but by automatic cars (self-driving taxis without the labor). It will be Uber that is will suffer.

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Don't know too much abt it but @Ian touched on it. Seems incredibly difficult to make money online all around. Both the site & writer.

PatsFanInVa said:

It was depressing to realize that they had actually read the "10 ways to please your man" article... you just weren't worth bustin' out the heavy artillery for...

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I used to read those articles ... ...
pre internet I needed to know what I was missing.

scout said:

The taxis will not be taken over by Uber, but by automatic cars (self-driving taxis without the labor). It will be Uber that is will suffer.

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Um, isn't Uber's future all about the driverless cars?

Regards,
Chris

I won’t miss them.

BaconGrundleCandy said:

Don't know too much abt it but @Ian touched on it. Seems incredibly difficult to make money online all around. Both the site & writer.

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Somethings will take off (writing) while others seem like a good deal now (furniture, shoes, clothing), but will go back to brick and mortar. We are living in a great time period. So many major inventions over a couple of decades.

chris_in_sunnyvale said:

Um, isn't Uber's future all about the driverless cars?

Regards,
Chris

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Uber future is staying one step ahead of the howling mobs of investors clamoring for them to make some money. Which isn't likely to happen.