New York Times bought The Athletic

[Bootleg11]

 

[Ext. 55]

Well the Athletic just went to shit. Damn. Enjoyed it too.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Good for the Athletic

 

[Bootleg11]

Good for the Athletic

agreed, I stopped my subscription because there were too many corona-bros for me. But they have some good content.

 

[Alcaus]

agreed, I stopped my subscription because there were too many corona-bros for me. But they have some good content.

What’s a corona-bro?

 

[Bootleg11]

What’s a corona-bro?

They had a lot of guys that seemed to be hoping for games to get cancelled just so they could say they were right.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

But why tho? The Athletic is a fucking money pit and it's not clear how they'll ever make money

 

[Bootleg11]

But why tho? The Athletic is a fucking money pit and it's not clear how they'll ever make money

lol was surprised they had over a million subscribers

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

They had a lot of guys that seemed to be hoping for games to get cancelled just so they could say they were right.

I’ve seen that discussed but it really doesn’t make sense. Without sports they’d have nothing to write about.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

lol was surprised they had over a million subscribers

Obviously someone smarter than me looked at it and thought it was worthwhile, but losing $95 million in 2 years on a subscription based sports website seems like a bad indicator

 

[dsbigred1]

Obviously someone smarter than me looked at it and thought it was worthwhile, but losing $95 million in 2 years on a subscription based sports website seems like a bad indicator

Print news has proven time and again that they understand business. Can’t believe people would question this..

 

[Alcaus]

They had a lot of guys that seemed to be hoping for games to get cancelled just so they could say they were right.

Yeah that’s annoying

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[BIGSTICK67]

@Bootleg11 GITT

 

[Bootleg11]

@Bootleg11 GITT

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

Man I like that Mitch

 

[God is a Husker]

This is like when Iran and North Korea get together on creating rockets, I hate them both so much and hope nothing but failure upon their endeavors.

 

[bbenson67]

Allowed to operate independently of the NYT, hmmmm. Sounds like the promise China made to Prince Charles when the UK handed over Hong Kong in 1997. Oh yeah, they'll be an independent entity and have their own governance just like before. That turned out well.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Allowed to operate independently of the NYT, hmmmm. Sounds like the promise China made to Prince Charles when the UK handed over Hong Kong in 1997. Oh yeah, they'll be an independent entity and have their own governance just like before. That turned out well.

It's the moral equivalent of the "we're changing your comp plan for next year, and we think it will be better for you" speech.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

I’ve seen that discussed but it really doesn’t make sense. Without sports they’d have nothing to write about.

K