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Originally Posted by Swayze11
Success of subscription services? ESPN Insider failed big time. It works, as long as you have the quality people will pay for which ESPN failed to do. Putting a pay wall in front of content they can easily get elsewhere is the struggle this model will have.
By the sounds of it, The Athletic may have cracked the code. I am waiting to see who the Calgary writer becomes before signing up.
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You do realize that a lot of traditional media companies like New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal have all moved to a subscription based service and are doing very well, right?
This is the way the world is going. You can either get on board, or you can die a slow death like traditional media is.
ESPN is a crap company who is dying off like they should because they can't keep up with the times. Nobody cares what they provide. I only care that the great people they have gotten rid of(while keeping their managers with their plush jobs) actually find a place like the Athletic to keep writing the stories they want.