LOLBOOHOO. First a mischaracterization, and now an insinuation. Someone is catching so many hurt feels today.
Consider it a Lifetime Achievement Award then.Really? Seems like a weak reason to suspend/ban someone, but we haven't had many lately, so any excuse is a good one for me.
It's true. An attorney posting that he couldn't possibly have misrepresented someone because he had quoted him is like peak message board bs.You guys are just jealous that you can't post like WBV.
If by weird you mean gloating.It's gonna be weird around here when Simmons show gets the ax.
How many years did Arliss run?It's gonna be weird around here when Simmons show gets the ax.
Seven seasons. Also, from its Wiki page:How many years did Arliss run?
The show frequently used obscure sports references, making the humor something only die-hard sports fans could appreciate. Bill Simmons, then of ESPN.com repeatedly wrote about how awful he felt the show was, often holding it up as an "Exhibit A" in what he saw as the terrible state of sports-based fictional television shows. Simmons also noted that HBO was forced to reschedule the show because it wasn't able to hold enough viewers before Six Feet Under. [6] Simmons' viewpoint notwithstanding, ESPN later acquired the rights to air content-edited reruns ofArli$$ for several years on ESPN Classic.
I am well aware and share the Arliss hatred Simmons espoused. My guess is that Any Given Wednesday costs a pittance (relative to HBO's other original content) to make. While HBO has shown a willingness to kill pricey shows that don't pull enough audience (pulling the plug on Deadwood should cost someone their soul), they have given a much longer leash to less expensive fare. So since Simmons is not trying to create a period drama my guess is he gets another season or two to see if he can make it work.Seven seasons. Also, from its Wiki page:
Well, he's got talent, sure, but if you're looking for whatever it is he would offer, aren't there easily 4 or 5 people out there that do it better? With greater insight? What is it Bill Simmons offers me that others can't top?Eh, I think he's still talented. He's just not good at TV, never really has been. It always struck me as strange that the guy who was out in front of internet writing and podcasting went with a very traditional TV model.
I also think that sometimes creative types are better when they have a machine to rage at. Simmons is his own machine now.
I strongly disagree with your first premise and seriously doubt your second. I've found little to value on that site.I think the Ringer has been a very good substitute for Grantland and will only get better
for instance, his podcast averages around 400,000-500,000 listens based on industry sources
I’d start anew by creating a new format (and on a different day if possible because Wednesday is brutal for a weekly sports show) that adds a fulltime co-host because I think Simmons is much better on television playing off a co-host than going at it alone.
Advertisers have gotten wise to this and a major part of the big podcast platforms is that they're able to isolate and identify individual users. That 400-500K is almost certainly qualified, no-dupe (or as close to it as you can get) listens. It might be inflated by 10-20%, but the tech has gotten solid.FWIW, podcast data is notoriously unreliable. Most of the time people report "downloads" and getting at actual listening data ranges from incomplete to impossible. I sure hope Simmons is doing more than 400-500K downloads for his podcast, because that's not great.
I've yet to see Apple release any listening data. If podcast listening occurs offline or via Apple I'm not sure how it's measured. Got a vendor to recommend? I've talked to many. They're all seriously flawed.Advertisers have gotten wise to this and a major part of the big podcast platforms is that they're able to isolate and identify individual users. That 400-500K is almost certainly qualified, no-dupe (or as close to it as you can get) listens. It might be inflated by 10-20%, but the tech has gotten solid.
If that was the issue we'd have more soccer talk.The voices on the site are younger and more diverse than Grantland was which is a plus. You're not going to see much NHL and MLB coverage on a younger leaning site because those sports aren't as popular with those demographics.
I read Morris a lot when he was with the Globe and no doubt he is a talented writer--but he also embodies everything I dislike about film critics. Gratuitous overwriting, inability to review film in a vacuum, obvious predetermined bias in some cases and the consistent commitment to a film being a part of some broad societal narrative. For me I think he is better in a print format where his rambling his restricted.I would think the more Pulitzer Prize staff members you have the better.
I think the best you're going to do is target audiences by genre.I've yet to see Apple release any listening data. If podcast listening occurs offline or via Apple I'm not sure how it's measured. Got a vendor to recommend? I've talked to many. They're all seriously flawed.
That's what the channel's baseball podcasts are for, it has Lindbergh (Baseball Prospectus, 538) and Michael Baumann (Grantland), they have on some interesting guests too.Does Simmons really have no one else on the planet he can discuss baseball with other than JackO? Not a single person at FanGraphs or some other writer can take his calls?
Good point, it's all about Bill.You think Simmons has any interest in talking about baseball? What is this, 2005? JackO's his buddy pal and the Fangraphs writers aren't.
.Q: The movie made good money at the box office, but it wasn’t such a hit that the afterlife it's had seemed inevitable. Can you point to anything that helped keep the movie in people’s minds? I think of the way writers like Bill Simmons keep referring to it.
A: Bill Simmons? Forgive me, who’s that? I’m betraying my ignorance here
His podcast has really slipped in the past few months. Since the start of football, the only guests have been Sal, Lombardi, Ringer staff, friends, or family. (Jimmy Kimmel was the only one not to fit into those categories.) I'm not sure why he's having issues booking or if his numbers have slipped like his television show, but the podcast has become very repetitive each week.Does Simmons really have no one else on the planet he can discuss baseball with other than JackO? Not a single person at FanGraphs or some other writer can take his calls?