SB Nation/Banner Society alum Jason Kirk joins For The Win’s college football coverage
Kirk is just the latest ex-SB Nation/Banner Society college football writer and editor to go on to a prominent role elsewhere.
Kirk is just the latest ex-SB Nation/Banner Society college football writer and editor to go on to a prominent role elsewhere.
"I don't have the time or the interest to launch any sort of 'investigation.'"
Many prominent former SB Nation and Banner Society writers have now set up shop at a new, free, donation-supported newsletter, Moon Crew.
SB Nation and Banner Society saw several further long-time employees leave permanently Friday.
Hall was one of the many SB Nation and Banner Society employees furloughed from May through July. He announced Tuesday he's taken a buyout.
Furloughed Banner Society staffers Spencer Hall, Jason Kirk, Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner and Tyson Whiting have teamed up for an ebook "about the ever-desperate crusade to wrangle college sports, set in and around a time-travelin’, rootin’-tootin’, extra-demented American West."
The Vox cutbacks focus on "revenue areas where short-term demand will be lower," including sports.
Vox Media college football site Banner Society is taking a new approach, focusing not just on a website, but also on platforms from Reddit to Twitch to Twitter and Instagram. Banner Society head Ryan Nanni spoke to AA about that.
"Banner Society is an ongoing experiment with two goals. The first is to keep expanding, warping, and sharpening the conversation around college football in all its bizarre, corrupt, colorful elements. The second is to find new and different ways to connect with our audience directly, all over the internet."