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I'll never understand what they were thinking getting rid of Simmons. Ego's calling the shots is never a good thing. Can't wait for him to start up something new, Grantland was really great.
> Grantland distinguished itself with quality writing, smart ideas, original thinking and fun. Unfortunately, this bodes poorly for FiveThirtyEight, also owned by ESPN, and also prides itself on long form content.
I'll never understand what they were thinking getting rid of Simmons. Ego's calling the shots is never a good thing. Can't wait for him to start up something new, Grantland was really great.
He's with HBO now and his podcasts are back too. I think his show is starting next year and he's hired some of the ex-grantland staff too.
I'll never understand what they were thinking getting rid of Simmons. Ego's calling the shots is never a good thing. Can't wait for him to start up something new, Grantland was really great.
I blame cordcutters slashing ESPN's profits. Content ain't free.
I blame cordcutters slashing ESPN's profits. Content ain't free.
Perfect opportunity for Simmons to start a Grantland like site...
A lot of the non-sports people he brought in have also left or will be leaving. I don't see why ESPN would now have any use for pop culture writers. I've enjoyed Zach Lowe's NBA writing and hope he either keeps his voice with ESPN or moves on somewhere else, though I'd guess they'll try and keep the Grantland sports folks.
Wow that's decently big news considering how big it was, and how broad the topics it covered were. Shows that it's the writers/personalities/analysts that readers want to hear from, not necessarily content on from specific publication.
Hopefully Bill can just bring everyone over to his new thing and continue producing the same kind of content.