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Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Doc Holliday, Mar 7, 2017.

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  1. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    Even if you take the trans issue out of it, it takes a lot of balls to tell somebody what name they have to use.
     
    Jake_Taylor, May 4, 2017
    #793
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  2. cisforkoke

    cisforkoke Well-Known Member

    Yeah, this ship is destined to sink. We tried. We failed.
     
    cisforkoke, May 4, 2017
    #794
  3. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    Do they care as much as they used to? It just seems like often a lot of effort goes into beating other writers on a beat by two minutes. And then the press release comes out 15 minutes later.
     
    Jake_Taylor, May 4, 2017
    #795
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  4. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Yes. There was a recent one that was pretty big. We got it. Can't really go into detail, but it was important to our guys.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, May 4, 2017
    #796
  5. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Does "important to our guys" translate in any way to business though?

    As a general rule, bosses have been wrong about everything in assessing their audience for the last 15-20 years. (I don't know yours though and the Canadian market might be different.)
     
    LongTimeListener, May 4, 2017
    #797
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  6. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Since you can't say it, allow me: Your bosses seem like idiots for caring that much. Is it bringing genuine value to the company? If not, its importance seems to be overvalued.
     
    CD Boogie, May 4, 2017
    #798
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  7. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Baseball really is dying, isn't it?
     
    Hermes, May 4, 2017
    #799
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  8. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    The only correlation I can make is that our station (Sportsnet) and our competitor (TSN) do competing Trade Deadline and Free Agency shows every year. TSN was a long-time rightsholder before us, and has three very credible "newsbreakers" in Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger and Pierre LeBrun. So far, they have outdrawn us on those days, even though we are the major rightsholder. We both sell those shows, so there is a business benefit to improving our numbers and identity.

    That's all I can give you, though.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, May 4, 2017
    #800
  9. gravehunter

    gravehunter Member

    or on TV
     
    gravehunter, May 4, 2017
    #801
  10. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    or in print
     
    CD Boogie, May 4, 2017
    #802
  11. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    Thanks. Most days I don't even try and I still am.
     
    Doc Holliday, May 4, 2017
    #803
  12. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    Maybe yours do, but mine sure as hell don't. Even my publisher is smart enough to understand we can't beat people on a story 95% of the time now. Newspapers are dead.
     
    Doc Holliday, May 4, 2017
    #804
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