ESPN lost 3.2% of its subscribers this year. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/star-wars-box-office-records/421377/
Sent from TypeMail On Oct 30, 2015, 2:15 PM, at 2:15 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >https://twitter.com/JimMiller/status/660183229945790464 > >"Marie Donoghue spoke with staff @TheUndefeated & @FiveThirtyEight to >tell >them they are not affected by today's announcement. #Grantland" > >No one in Bristol saw either the irony, coincidence, or spectacular >inappropriateness of the messenger, huh? > >On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:56 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > >-- >-- >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. -- -- 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.
