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NYT reports Sporting News for sale
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josephandrews
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...this is not really news, particularly in reference to the print edition of The Sporting News. It is difficult to conceive of a more irrelevant weekly publication; the leadership at Sporting News should have been replaced long ago. Rumors regarding the impending sale of (the print) Sporting News are as old as the hills...I suspect NO ONE will buy it and that it will cease operating as a sportsweekly. As for the radio network...? Maybe realdeal will chime in!
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yodaroxs
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Very interesting. Guess deep pockets of Paul Allen of Microsoft and Seattle Seahawks is giving up on this one. The print version is a giveway magazine as can be had for free or bought on ebay for like $4.00 a year. Hope they continue on as have it free till year 2010!! Publication has gone downhill tending to copy espn magazine in some contents.
Never did care much for their talk show hosts.
Proably will find a buyer as the Sporting News name goes back along ways.
Never did care much for their talk show hosts.
Proably will find a buyer as the Sporting News name goes back along ways.
> ...this is not really news, particularly in reference to the
> print edition of The Sporting News. It is difficult to
> conceive of a more irrelevant weekly publication; the
> leadership at Sporting News should have been replaced long
> ago. Rumors regarding the impending sale of (the print)
> Sporting News are as old as the hills...I suspect NO ONE
> will buy it and that it will cease operating as a
> sportsweekly. As for the radio network...? Maybe realdeal
> will chime in!
>
Of course, there are those of us who think TSN has been irrelevant since it quit being an all-baseball publication
. I'm old enough to remember when you got every box score, minor league stats and standings, columns on every minor league...of course, this was in the day when there was little sports coverage other than daily newspapers - no ESPN, no nightly sports highlights, and certainly no Internet.
USA Today's Baseball Weekly seems to have taken that over, with help from Baseball America. And really, TSN hasn't been relevant since the Spink family sold it to Times Mirror; they tried to take on Sports Illustrated and it didn't work. SI doesn't make any pretense to be complete but they provide high-quality writing. TSN couldn't match that but it gave up completeness. And it's been a slow slide ever since.
(My suggestion - have Gannett - USA Today's publisher - buy TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises. Just a suggestion).
> print edition of The Sporting News. It is difficult to
> conceive of a more irrelevant weekly publication; the
> leadership at Sporting News should have been replaced long
> ago. Rumors regarding the impending sale of (the print)
> Sporting News are as old as the hills...I suspect NO ONE
> will buy it and that it will cease operating as a
> sportsweekly. As for the radio network...? Maybe realdeal
> will chime in!
>
Of course, there are those of us who think TSN has been irrelevant since it quit being an all-baseball publication
. I'm old enough to remember when you got every box score, minor league stats and standings, columns on every minor league...of course, this was in the day when there was little sports coverage other than daily newspapers - no ESPN, no nightly sports highlights, and certainly no Internet.USA Today's Baseball Weekly seems to have taken that over, with help from Baseball America. And really, TSN hasn't been relevant since the Spink family sold it to Times Mirror; they tried to take on Sports Illustrated and it didn't work. SI doesn't make any pretense to be complete but they provide high-quality writing. TSN couldn't match that but it gave up completeness. And it's been a slow slide ever since.
(My suggestion - have Gannett - USA Today's publisher - buy TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises. Just a suggestion).
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NorthwestBobby
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> > ...this is not really news, particularly in reference to
> the
> > print edition of The Sporting News. It is difficult to
> > conceive of a more irrelevant weekly publication; the
> > leadership at Sporting News should have been replaced long
>
> > ago. Rumors regarding the impending sale of (the print)
> > Sporting News are as old as the hills...I suspect NO ONE
> > will buy it and that it will cease operating as a
> > sportsweekly. As for the radio network...? Maybe realdeal
> > will chime in!
> >
> Of course, there are those of us who think TSN has been
> irrelevant since it quit being an all-baseball publication
>. I'm old enough to remember when you got every box score,
> minor league stats and standings, columns on every minor
> league...of course, this was in the day when there was
> little sports coverage other than daily newspapers - no
> ESPN, no nightly sports highlights, and certainly no
> Internet.
>
> USA Today's Baseball Weekly seems to have taken that over,
> with help from Baseball America. And really, TSN hasn't been
> relevant since the Spink family sold it to Times Mirror;
> they tried to take on Sports Illustrated and it didn't work.
> SI doesn't make any pretense to be complete but they provide
> high-quality writing. TSN couldn't match that but it gave up
> completeness. And it's been a slow slide ever since.
>
> (My suggestion - have Gannett - USA Today's publisher - buy
> TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big
> splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN
> Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises.
> Just a suggestion).
>
Boy thats the same idea I had too...Have USA Today buy the name and morphit into the now crappy Sports Weakly......
> the
> > print edition of The Sporting News. It is difficult to
> > conceive of a more irrelevant weekly publication; the
> > leadership at Sporting News should have been replaced long
>
> > ago. Rumors regarding the impending sale of (the print)
> > Sporting News are as old as the hills...I suspect NO ONE
> > will buy it and that it will cease operating as a
> > sportsweekly. As for the radio network...? Maybe realdeal
> > will chime in!
> >
> Of course, there are those of us who think TSN has been
> irrelevant since it quit being an all-baseball publication
>
. I'm old enough to remember when you got every box score,> minor league stats and standings, columns on every minor
> league...of course, this was in the day when there was
> little sports coverage other than daily newspapers - no
> ESPN, no nightly sports highlights, and certainly no
> Internet.
>
> USA Today's Baseball Weekly seems to have taken that over,
> with help from Baseball America. And really, TSN hasn't been
> relevant since the Spink family sold it to Times Mirror;
> they tried to take on Sports Illustrated and it didn't work.
> SI doesn't make any pretense to be complete but they provide
> high-quality writing. TSN couldn't match that but it gave up
> completeness. And it's been a slow slide ever since.
>
> (My suggestion - have Gannett - USA Today's publisher - buy
> TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big
> splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN
> Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises.
> Just a suggestion).
>
Boy thats the same idea I had too...Have USA Today buy the name and morphit into the now crappy Sports Weakly......
> (My suggestion - have Gannett - USA Today's publisher - buy
> TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big
> splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN
> Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises.
> Just a suggestion).
>
Gannett got out of radio over a decade ago.
> TSN and put the name on its Baseball Weekly, with a big
> splash about going back to all-baseball coverage. As for TSN
> Radio, it would fit in Gannett's broadcasting enterprises.
> Just a suggestion).
>
Gannett got out of radio over a decade ago.
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edthedeal
Guest
> The New York Times is reporting that the Sporting News (and
> its properties) is officially up for sale. Who are the
> likely buyers that are interested in the magazine AND the
> radio network?
>
This is good news for Boston . Just maybe a new owner of 1510 ( Boston ) would put something good on( Spanish format ) this waste of signal . <P ID="signature">______________
Winter Olympic , Who cares . Its time to watch American Idol.</P>
> its properties) is officially up for sale. Who are the
> likely buyers that are interested in the magazine AND the
> radio network?
>
This is good news for Boston . Just maybe a new owner of 1510 ( Boston ) would put something good on( Spanish format ) this waste of signal . <P ID="signature">______________
Winter Olympic , Who cares . Its time to watch American Idol.</P>
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