ESPN Terminates Grantland

[shmessy]

.....and yet Mort is still on the payroll.

ESPN Statement Regarding Grantland - ESPN MediaZone

 

[oldrover]

Grantland without Simmons was, for the most part, poo.

 

[dales804]

Basically, Simmons leaving (and four others following him) caused the site to go to ****. Screw ESPN.

 

[Joker]

and Mort the Rotten Lying Scumbag is an entire toxic waste dump.

 

[shmessy]

and Mort the Rotten Lying Scumbag is an entire toxic waste dump.

Thanks for the new info!

 

[Wordsmyth]

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, move along...

 

[XLIX]

538 may be next.

 

[Fencer]

"We're ending Grantland and rolling pieces into other parts of the organization" would have been one thing. This is something else. Wow.

 

[NashuaPats]

This is all because Simmons called Goodell a liar. You would think the fact federal judges have done the same would have given Simmons some leeway, but you know.. integrity and all.

 

[ReverendMaynard]

The end can't come fast enough for BSPN. Let us all continue to do our parts to deprive them of any revenue possible.

 

[jays52]

ESPN is rapidly atrophying. There's two ways to compete in the digital media space: 1) Buzzfeed style spamming of four sentence clickbait with the links below the fold, listicles, and CPM stuff augmented with branded content or 2) Premium branded content that commands a much higher premium and works for both parties. They just killed off their version of the latter so look for an increase in the former. ESPN used to have incredible brand equity too. Amazing how quickly they have eaten themselves.

 

[TheBeers]

 

[Wax Frog]

atrophying...listicles.

Now you just stop writing mean things about Roger!!!

 

[BradyFTW!]

Nice, Grantland was the last reason to go to any of the ESPN family of websites. Hopefully Barnwell, Mays, Lowe, etc. will jump **** and catch on with Simmons' TBA HBO site.

None of this was surprising really, rather it was pretty much to be expected. ESPN's racing to the bottom on content quality. If that wasn't apparent before, it became apparent in how they covered Deflategate and Lamar Odom's coma. It's all low-effort ****posting of lists and gifs from here on out.

I guess is what we get when we're not willing to pay for content.

 

[raduray]

Helluva job, Skipper!

 

[raduray]

Nice, Grantland was the last reason to go to any of the ESPN family of websites. Hopefully Barnwell, Mays, Lowe, etc. will jump **** and catch on with Simmons' TBA HBO site.

None of this was surprising really, rather it was pretty much to be expected. ESPN's racing to the bottom on content quality. If that wasn't apparent before, it became apparent in how they covered Deflategate and Lamar Odom's coma.

I guess is what we get when we're not willing to pay for content.

538 is still alive, but that site seem to hide any relationship to ESPN.

 

[Oswlek]

Now you just stop writing mean things about Roger!!!

Good to know I'm not the only one whose mind went there.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Grantland without Simmons was, for the most part, poo.

It certainly wasn't as good, and I was intensely skeptical that it could be sustained over the long term without Simmons, but it still had some bright spots. Most notably the NBA coverage with Zach Lowe and the NFL coverage with Barnwell and Mays.

 

[BradyFTW!]

538 is still alive, but that site seem to hide any relationship to ESPN.

I doubt it will be for long, and more importantly it's not very good IMO. They just can't produce enough quality content to sustain a semi-standalone site. And I say that as someone who loves pretty much everything Nate Silver writes.

 

[Gronkowski123]

at least a stand up guy like ray lewis keeps his job!