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USA TODAY Sports' Christine Brennan worked with Wagner on the writing of this article.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by inthesuburbs, Aug 1, 2019.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    USA Today has turned into The Players’ Tribune it appears, but this is the same publication that’s had pay-for-play coverage of sports for years.
     
    wicked, Aug 12, 2019
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  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Yep. If you ever wondered why they had so much IndyCar and drag racing coverage, while virtually no one else does ...
     
    playthrough, Aug 12, 2019
    #14
  3. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    As far as IndyCar is concerned? Probably because they own the Indianapolis Star? And the Star has always covered IndyCar as one of its core beats?
     
    Bubbler, Aug 13, 2019
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  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    USAT "cheats" now by taking the Star's IndyCar stories, but used to cover every race of the series with its own staff -- all while IndyCar was drawing flies on TV and not much more than that in the stands except for the Indy 500. I don't know if IndyCar was paying for everything down to the writers' per diems, but there was a financial agreement.
     
    playthrough, Aug 13, 2019
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