The NYT and The Athletic

Apropos of nothing but that dude is JACKED.

 

On3 makes the most sense. It's the latest Shannon Terry endeavor (take that as you will), but it apparently is flush with cash.

 

Have been an Athletic subscriber for a while now. Was going to cancel when my renewal came up in July because I thought the $71 price point was just a little too high. They immediately offered me a loyalty discount, $24 for the year with free access to NYT games. I took it. Just a pro tip for everyone.

 

I was about to pull the plug on the Times (trad sub) and they went from $17/month to $4/month, like that. I said yes. I didn’t get Games, though.

 

With Ivan retiring, or stepping back or whatever it is, this move makes more sense now.

I had an Athletic sub and also an NYT sub, which I upgraded to include more Food items (recipes). The Athletic is included in that, and after linking the accounts it's all good. Less $$. I don't know how the Athletic is making any money; I totally ignore the ads (pretty much everywhere) and don't click on anything. But at least they have a ride with the NYT, for now.

 

Layoffs today at The Athletic, per WaPo:

 

Bob Kravitz among them.

 

The Athletic Cuts Nearly 4% of Its Newsroom (New York Times)

 

Some of the names so far:
Rich Hofmann, 76ers
Bob Sturm, GA/Cowboys
Bob Kravitz, Indiana columnist
Daniel Kaplan, sports biz
Marc Antoine Godin, Montreal
Bill Shea, sports biz
Rob Biertempfel, Pirates
Josh Cooper, LA editor
Jay Morrison, Bengals
Kelsey Russo, Cavs
Corey Brock, Mariners
Zach Buchanan, baseball
Alex Schiffer, Nets
James Fegan, White Sox
Corey Masisak, Sharks/NHL
Sean Fitz-Gerald, Canada senior writer
Nick Groke, Rockies

h/t to @wheels89 and others for flagging to add to this list.

 

It's very sad.

The Athletic makes no money. So who knows where it's at in 3 years.

 

Four percent is just the appetizer for the bean counters.