The Worldwide Leader also found someone to take over The Undefeated after finally ditching Jason Whitlock.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/post-managing-editor-kevin-merida-to-run-espns-the-undefeated/2015/10/19/eeb9b5d4-76a1-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html I have to think everyone there is at least a little bit concerned, especially with the same kind of assurances given The Undefeated that Grantland received. David From: Joe Hass <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ESPN Layoffs On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:12 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: I see ESPN is killing Grantland now: http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/I wonder where this leaves FiveThirtyEight? I assume it gets a stay of execution at least until post-2016. It is hard to understate how much ESPN management has destroyed their trust with employees with this. Here, from a whopping 11 days ago, is Jim Miller on Grantland's future: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/espn-bill-simmons-breakup "Insiders at Grantland point out that in the aftermath of Simmons’s suspension, executive vice president Marie Donoghue told the staff that they 'shouldn’t worry, because whether or not Bill stays at ESPN, the company is committed to Grantland.'" To go in five months from that to "we're killing the site" is positively Onionesque. -- -- -- 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/d/optout.
