Awful Announcing
The Athletic has brought on five new full-time soccer writers, but taken criticism for parting ways with some beat-specific freelancers.
"We have heard the concerns that subscribers have about changes to our coverage. We have a big announcement on the way, one that the whole company is very excited about. We'll be sharing that update very soon."
The Athletic announced a host of new national and local podcasts on Tuesday, with more to come.
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You can now pay Yahoo for Mets coverage if that's something you're into
On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss published a deep dive into Kevin Durant’s impending free agency, headlined “Silent...
This is a well-deserved honor.
The Athletic also hired executive producers Alan Goldberg and Victor Frank.
"We raised this Series C with audio and video in mind. We can tell even more stories when we add in audio and video possibilities. Our goal is to serve the subscriber: some love to read, some love to listen, others prefer to watch."
This matches the $40 million The Players' Tribune brought in last January, and is way above what many other sports media companies made early on.
The five episode series will be about Hayward getting back from injury.
"I say all this because I suspect the onslaught will continue. ...If they go under, a lot of veteran sports writers will be out of jobs in a suddenly glutted market. I’d hate for someone on our team to be one of them."
Sam Amick and Zach Harper were also added to The Athletic's expanded NBA vertical.
Aldridge will stay with Turner Sports until the hire becomes official in October.
