Athletic, Axios talking merger?

I wonder if the NYT will start selling advertising. I would think so.

I also wonder how much the NYT will be willing to interface with sports gaming. Will the new owners publish a lot of articles discussing spreads and best bets? I would think there would be money in having links t0 a sports gaming site embedded in articles.

 

They'll have to sell ads. Who would pay that much to leave everything as-is and not expect a return?

 

From the comments I read on The Athletic for the announcement story, there seems to be considerable overlap between the people mad that it will be run by the woke liberal cucks of the NYT and mad that the sellers are committing an act of capitalism.

 

The New York Times company has said that they will run the editorial operations of the Athletic separately to ensure that each periodical can maintain its separate identity. I hope the owners of Jack in the Box follow the example of the NYT management. Losing Del Taco would be a tragedy for the affected communities.

 

I never saw the story about this on The Athletic site. Can anybody tell me what I've done wrong?

 

A note to our subscribers from the founders of The Athletic

 

Thanks. I still can't see it on the home page of my feed. I guess I have it set up weird.

 

Based on the comments from prominent Athletic folks, there definitely seems to be some assurances to readers being made that it won't have the political slant of the NYT, which is hilarious since it's a centrist publication if anything. Also have to imagine the bulk of Athletic subscribers are college football fans who live in red states.

 

I've heard part of the sales terms is The Athletic won't be forced to let go of anyone, but I wonder how long that will be in effect and where it will be in the fine print of the sales terms once everything is finalized?

 

DERRR NEW YORK TIMES IS A LIBERAL RAG, say idiots who clearly haven't paid any attention to Maggie H. humanizing/normalizing the previous guy.

 

I don't think politics plays into it for Maggie. She's an equal opportunity access merchant.