Heads22 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Fantastic read. Here's the transcription: https://theathletic.com/189936/2017/12/21/r...year-interview/ Here's the article https://theathletic.com/182172/2017/12/18/r...spiring-dreams/ Not sure if you have to subscribe to read it, but it's got a LOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 21, 2017 -> 09:30 PM) Fantastic read. Here's the transcription: https://theathletic.com/189936/2017/12/21/r...year-interview/ Here's the article https://theathletic.com/182172/2017/12/18/r...spiring-dreams/ Not sure if you have to subscribe to read it, but it's got a LOT Very thorough and well done. It's long but very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 PM Screenshots please. My cheap ass would love to read this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 21, 2017 -> 09:11 PM) PM Screenshots please. My cheap ass would love to read this. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 The Athletic is like $4 per month. It's an incredible bargain for fantastic writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 22, 2017 -> 05:31 PM) The Athletic is like $4 per month. It's an incredible bargain for fantastic writing. Whoah, that's cheap. Quite the deal. And I appreciate the firsthand testimony. Anywho, I'll take a screenshot in pm too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Lol did you guys get your christmas screenshots yet? I feel like chopped liver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 They usually have a free trial too. Like others have said, for like four bucks a month it's worth it, especially since they have a metric f***ton of Chicago coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 22, 2017 -> 06:05 PM) Lol did you guys get your christmas screenshots yet? I feel like chopped liver Neop. Us broke ass mofos are outta luck it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Seriously, they offer a free trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 The bad press they had recently makes me want to stay away from ever paying for The Athletic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 22, 2017 -> 09:09 PM) The bad press they had recently makes me want to stay away from ever paying for The Athletic. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 12:42 AM) ? Quotes from their co-founder... “We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.” and about blogs... “In a city like Chicago, there are 100,000 die-hard fans,” Mather said. “That is a very lucrative subscription business. There are over 100,000 die-hard fans of Chicago teams outside of Chicago,” he added, and he says they aren’t served well. “Bleacher Report is empty calories. SB Nation is empty calories. The newspapers are doing nothing.” If you follow SouthSideSox on twitter, you will have seen their username was "Empty Calories" for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soha Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) Well whatever their intentions are, it's the best place for Chicago sports articles now. By a mile. I bit on a year sub on black friday weekend. It was $30 for a year. I feel like I've already gotten my money's worth. Edited December 23, 2017 by Soha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 12:52 AM) Quotes from their co-founder... “We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.” and about blogs... “In a city like Chicago, there are 100,000 die-hard fans,” Mather said. “That is a very lucrative subscription business. There are over 100,000 die-hard fans of Chicago teams outside of Chicago,” he added, and he says they aren’t served well. “Bleacher Report is empty calories. SB Nation is empty calories. The newspapers are doing nothing.” If you follow SouthSideSox on twitter, you will have seen their username was "Empty Calories" for a while. How is that bad press? Isn’t he simply explaining his business model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Finally had time to go through this. While there are always elements that are the same in any interview with Hahn I found this really entertaining. Greenberg did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 One thing that I like, I don't recall before reporters drilling down timelines of how a deal gets put together as much as they do now and it's something that I really get entertained by. With Eloy, it's confirmed now that Eloy and Cease were confirmed Tuesday night, Wednesday was finding the back two, and it was confirmed wed night but they waited since it was too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 22, 2017 -> 10:52 PM) Quotes from their co-founder... “We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.” and about blogs... “In a city like Chicago, there are 100,000 die-hard fans,” Mather said. “That is a very lucrative subscription business. There are over 100,000 die-hard fans of Chicago teams outside of Chicago,” he added, and he says they aren’t served well. “Bleacher Report is empty calories. SB Nation is empty calories. The newspapers are doing nothing.” If you follow SouthSideSox on twitter, you will have seen their username was "Empty Calories" for a while. Doesn't bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 08:10 AM) How is that bad press? Isn’t he simply explaining his business model? Because typically acting like a blood thirsty c*** isn't well received. Their content might be awesome, good for them, but those c***y comments about how everyone else sucks and they want them to all die turned me off of ever supporting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Well, at least they pay their writers and don’t quash their effort to unionize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 11:46 AM) Because typically acting like a blood thirsty c*** isn't well received. Their content might be awesome, good for them, but those c***y comments about how everyone else sucks and they want them to all die turned me off of ever supporting them. It’s called business. I can’t really see how anyone would be offended by this unless they worked for Bleacher Report or one of the sites he ripped. Whatever, it’a your loss as the content is beyond incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 There’s also a free trial going on now if someone wants to read the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickofypres Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Or copy and paste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 12:47 PM) It’s called business. I can’t really see how anyone would be offended by this unless they worked for Bleacher Report or one of the sites he ripped. Whatever, it’a your loss as the content is beyond incredible. The problem is that he said it publicly. Every other business keeps those comments in house. That was the first site I ever paid money to read. I originally did it just for the college football coverage, but with the Chicago coverage too, it's a no brainer to sign.up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 23, 2017 -> 06:10 PM) They clearly were trying to push the envelop, get some additional press, but they probably went too far. At the end of the day, they've created a great product. They capitalized on an out-dated market and gave consumers an affordable, user friendly product. I'm a fan. I can agree with this, the guy should have probably toned it down some, but to boycott the product over this one dude’s comments is pretty absurd to me. Me on the otherhand will happily $4/month to gain ad-free to their great stable of writers & local content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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