Did NFL clamp down on highlight footage usage?
A very minor observation, but if you’ve been watching highlights on ESPN and FOX Sports (and their Internet counterparts) you might have noticed a dramatic decline in use of highlight footage.
For as long as I can remember, any mention of an NFL player would warrant a run of highlights. Now, we’re treated to zooming in [...]
Tech sector starts to go online-only; newspapers must follow suit
The tech industry continues to pave the way for the next generation of the media business model; that’s a topic we’ll tackle later.
In there here-and-now, more and more popular tech magazines are ditching their print operation in favor of an online-only style, starting with longtime tech mag InfoWorld last year.
In November, PC Magazine, another [...]
Sports Blogs: The Next Step (Part 1)
In every news industry besides sports, blogs and websites are increasingly considered among the elite sources for information. In tech, some of the most influential outlets and journalists are bloggers or web-only, like Gizmodo, Engadget, and TechCrunch, to name a few of Technorati’s most popular blogs. The Huffington Post is one of the most read [...]
Where will Jay Mariotti end up?
Like him or not—and I don’t think many do—Jay Mariotti’s departure from the Chicago Sun-Times leaves yet another sizeable void in the sports newspaper world.
While his editor seems to think Mariotti’s strange exit will produce some mysterious spike in readership, bringing back all those jilted Chicagoans that just boycotted the paper because of Mariotti, [...]
Training camp coverage: insert name and team, rinse, repeat
As a college and NFL fan who loves stats and knowing every last detail of what’s going on, there are few times of the year more fun than training camp.
It’s that time when every last player on the roster has a chance to make their mark and prove they belong. It’s also probably the only [...]
The downfall of credibility
To the casual fan, the world of sports media looks stronger than ever.
Networks like ESPN/ABC and FOX offer unprecedented levels of coverage, both online and on television. (Just look at NBC’s projected coverage of the Olympics–a great read from The Globe and Mail in Canada.) The blogging realm gains more and more steam, with thousands [...]
The legacy of Len Pasquarelli
Lost in today’s celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s six newest members (including former 49ers great Fred Dean) was the 40th annual presentation of the Dick McCann Memorial Award.
Per the Pro Football HOF’s website: “The Dick McCann Memorial Award, which is named after the first director of the Pro Football Hall of [...]
ESPN NFL Blog Network duplicates what already exists
I’ll be doing more with this in the next few days, but for now, I suppose I’m just out to prove a point.
What ESPN’s NFL Blog Network has done right now is, masterfully, duplicated the strategy that has made so many other blogs successful in recent time:
1) Take people with relative clout in the industry.
2) [...]
Abbott Lines 7/27: Print’s Top 5
What Are Abbott Lines?
Let’s get this straight. Forty-Niner coach Mike Nolan is entitled to his reasons, is entitled to this charade of two quarterbacks competing for the starting job. He’s the boss, and the boss can create competition if that’s what makes him happy.
But it’s a phony competition because Alex Smith is a [...]
Press Row’s first interview: Matt Maiocco, Santa Rosa Press Democrat / INSTANT 49ers
A major treat for everyone today: Press Row’s first interview! We had the honor of spending some time with Matt Maiocco, the 49ers beat reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the author of the INSTANT 49ers blog.
Matt is a three-time winner of Pro Football Writers of America awards, and Rotoworld ranked INSTANT 49ers [...]
