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SI is down to just 38 issues this year

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Dick Whitman, Jul 16, 2017.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member


     
    TheSportsPredictor, Jul 19, 2017
    #37
  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Haha. That's the funny thing, I managed to the cut the cord last year and the landline phone is long gone. But I'm still getting a print SI, which this week misspelled Tony Gwynn's name. Issue before that, it was Warren "Buffet" and Jimmy "Buffet." Sheesh, I didn't even get an SI fleece to justify this mediocrity.
     
    playthrough, Jul 19, 2017
    #38
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The Bedard thing was weird. One of the first hires at MMQB, then to SI, then poof.
     
    DanOregon, Jul 19, 2017
    #39
  4. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    You can do this. Call customer service at 1- (877) 747-1045. Tell them to take a hike. You'll feel like a puppy on a bed of flower petals.
     
    Doc Holliday, Jul 19, 2017
    #40
  5. lcjjdnh

    lcjjdnh Well-Known Member

    And Chad Finn said on Deitsch's podcast that Bedard said he sunk his entire life savings into this...
     
    lcjjdnh, Jul 20, 2017
    #41
  6. PaperDoll

    PaperDoll Well-Known Member

    Something I don't understand about the SI print cutback:

    Will there also be a cutback in online content? Because it seems like the 24-7-365 web operation should be feeding print at this point, particularly with a weekly.

    Good luck to all the new outlets. But if Greg Bedard doesn't know more than a little about venture capital, how will Boston Sports Journal survive? It doesn't seem logical to expect subscribers to pay salaries, production costs, etc. in full.
     
    PaperDoll, Jul 20, 2017
    #42
  7. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    well, if any sports town can support this kind of rabid navel-gazing, it's the town that gave us Bill Simmons and Barstool Sports. I like the fact he's giving people the first week free. Good move.
     
    CD Boogie, Jul 20, 2017
    #43
  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Yikes. Not what I'd consider a wise investment. Hope he makes a go of it, though.
     
    wicked, Jul 20, 2017
    #44
  9. lcjjdnh

    lcjjdnh Well-Known Member

    Received a renewal reminder in my email--$20 for 50 issues,* which they (apparently falsely) claim is the equivalent of one year. Nonetheless, still a pretty good rate for a per issue price and I'll probably re-up, even if I usually only skim it.

    *Or $40 for 100, or $60 for 150.
     
    lcjjdnh, Aug 10, 2017
    #45
  10. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I, too, will probably still be getting SI when it is a four-page quarterly. And if they want long-time guys like me to keep subscribing give us better fucking swag. How about a helmet phone? How many fleeces and shitty, ill-fitting jackets do you need???
     
    Huggy, Aug 10, 2017
    #46
  11. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    TheSportsPredictor, Oct 10, 2017
    #47
  12. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    Holy hell. I've been a subscriber since about 1996. I knew something was up when I looked at the NHL "preview" and it was six or eight pages, and pretty much a feature story plus two sidebars. How sad.
     
    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., Oct 10, 2017
    #48
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