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Originally Posted by kootenayguy9
I believe the magazine will be successful because as Stephen Brunt said we can find out the scores and stuff instantly but alot of people are curious on the inside stories and perspectives these journalists have.
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The problem with this idea is that Steven Brunt's perspective on a relevant issue will likely have been made known on issues on TV long before the article he wrote gets read. Getting his opinion out ASAP is also part of his role with Sportsnet, but having that opinion out there also undercuts the interest of seeing that opinion in a glossy magazine a week and a half later.
To get a paper copy of a magazine out across the entire country, I am guessing it takes 2 or 3 day days at very least from printing. Printing a "high gloss" magazine probably takes a couple days as well. So articles would have to be written by Monday, showing up in newstands the following Monday at earliest.
Sure, if you want to read about what the Jays are going to have to do in the offseason, there is no rush or urgency to get that opinion at the beginning of October.
But if you want to get Brunt or anyone else's perspective on no touch icing, given the events of last night, you'll have to wait to see that diatribe in print on October 11th in the copy of Sportsnet Magazine.
Of course, long before then, on Sportsnet TV and Sportsnet Radio, and probably on his Sportsnet Blog, Brunt will offer his insight and feelings and opinions on the issue multiple times. He has to/will be forced to, to keep up with the stories of the day, and the like of TSN and their personalties opinions in the competitve world of sports media. But that means when the extended article comes out in 10 days in a shiny magazine, it will be "old" news in general, and to those who follow Brunt's opinions on Sportsnet in general.
Overall, I agreee...it just doesn't seem relevant enough in a number of ways, to be able to justify the return on investment, given all the overhead involved with creating a national print magazine. But it is still Rogers-backed, so not a surprise about questionable business decisions.