I would think they are doing the same thing with Nate Silver and Olbermann, but the former is likely to be mostly online, and the celebrity of the latter can't be avoided.
David ________________________________ From: PGage <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Magic Johnson leaving ESPN As far as I know, he was only booted from the NBA studio show. PTI is a major property for ESPN, and they put up with two curmudgeons because it works so well. It is dangerously close though to the thing ESPN wants so much to avoid, which is making celebrities of their talent, and risking them being bigger than the brand. Though it seems to me like this is just what they are doing with Simmons. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: Does Wilbon still do PTI, or was he booted from the network entirely? > >On Friday, October 11, 2013 2:26:29 PM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > >> >>On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>The basketball Hall of Famer claims he'll be too busy with other interests >>(he's now a partner in baseball's Dodgers) to do game or studio work with the >> Woildwide Leadah... >>> >>>http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9802454/magic-johnson-leaving-espn-nba-coverage >> >> >> >> >>As I posted on this on another list yesterday, the real story (as reported by >>Deadspin: >> >> >>http://deadspin.com/sources-magic-johnson-left-espn-because-of-bill-simmon-1443543687?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+deadspin%2Ffull+%28Deadspin%29&utm_content=Google+International) >> >>is that Magic lost a power struggle with Bristol Village Idiot Bill Simmons, >>who now effectively is in charge of the ESPN's NBA Studio show. Wilbon, a >>Magic friend, was fired, Collins was brought on because he will kiss Simmon's >>ass, and they wanted Magic to stay, but made it clear it was going to be >>Simmon's show, and he (Magic) would have to dance to whatever tune Simmons >>played. Magic told them to go to hell. The press release the ESPN story >>repeats is just a make nice cover story. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
