Sporting News/AOL Fanhouse

After reading that, suddenly I don't feel so bad about my future exile from AOL.

 

Never once have I heard someone say, 'What I really want is to be Mayor of AOL.'

 

"Two years into his tenure as AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong is stepping on the gas.

By April, he wants AOL editorial to increase its stories per month from 33,000 to 55,000.

He wants pageviews per story to jump from 1,500 to 7,000."

Do more with less. sounds like he's got it down pat.

 

"He wants pageviews per story to jump from 1,500 to 7,000."

If this means more clicks to read a full story - check please.

 

It's all Garry Howard's fault.

 

Garry Howard: "Hey, they're ripping me at SportsJournalists.com again!" Minion: "Who, My Overseer?" GH: "Those jerks at sportsjournalists.com They keep bringing up stuff that makes me look bad!" Minion: How DARE they?!!?! What can we do about these dastardly ruffians?!" GH: I want you to register there and defend me!" Minion: "Indeed I shall! I will be known as . . . Cigar56! And to throw them off,m I will also express knowledge of Patch!" GH: What the hell is Patch? Doesn't matter! The plan is enacted! And I, too, will use this login on occasion!" (seriously, interesting post history)

 

Nice try, Rasputin. I am as close to Garry Howard as Strom Thurmond was to Nate Thurmond. And thanks for reading my posts.

 

If you are a minion of GH, you have nowhere to go but up in life. If you ever care to try.

 

I don't know if TSN is up, but they can go there.

 

It's SN, dammit! SN!

TSN is some TV network in Canada, we've been reminded.

 

From John Feinstein blog

One other note today: A lot of you have generously written to me about how much you enjoy my column in The Sporting News and I'm grateful for that. Well, my last column appears in the next edition of the magazine.

I got a phone call Tuesday from some bean counter in a suit who told me that now that Sporting News has acquired AOL Fanhouse, the company wants to, "maximize our assets," by using the fulltime columnists working at Fanhouse in the magazine. I love the way these guys talk don't you? I said, "so you're firing me to save money."

"Well, we really appreciate everything you've done for the magazine."

"No you don't," I said. "If you did, you wouldn't be firing me to save money."

My guess is the guy has never once read anything I've written. He's been too busy counting beans and buying suits.

Am I upset? Sure I am. I liked writing the column and I thought I did it well. If someone fired me because my work wasn't any good, it would be disappointing. Being fired by some guy (I swear I can't remember his name and I'm not going to bother looking it up) who thinks Sportscenter is great journalism is a little bit hard to take.

I'll get over it. But I will hold a grudge. If nothing else, I'm good at that.