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Jourdan Rodrigue leaving to cover the Rams


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7 minutes ago, hepcat said:

I can't imagine the Athletic is going to be around much longer, seen too many premium content type websites come and go over the years. 

Agreed. There's just way too much free content available and any news broken behind a paywall leaks out via Twitter about fifteen seconds later anyway.

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I think the athletic is great. It’s not really a breaking news platform. I think that model is not as valuable anymore with social media making leaks almost automatic. The athletic is great for deeper stories or other background. The Saints/Panthers draft issue was a great example of this. It was pretty interesting to read and unfortunately for us potentially brought rule breaking to the league’s attention. I read sports articles daily now instead of basically never or one or two a month. The free sources to me are just too superficial or lazy to be worth reading or the best writing talent focuses on the biggest teams to hit the lowest common denominator. Plus, lots of great numbers coverage. The Hornets articles and NBA I in general has great stat info and breakdowns. This year for the NFL draft they gave access to like a thousand page document breaking down every prospect. It was insane and cool to have access to.
 

I stan the athletic and hope it sticks around.

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49 minutes ago, Ship said:

I think the athletic is great. It’s not really a breaking news platform. I think that model is not as valuable anymore with social media making leaks almost automatic. The athletic is great for deeper stories or other background. The Saints/Panthers draft issue was a great example of this. It was pretty interesting to read and unfortunately for us potentially brought rule breaking to the league’s attention. I read sports articles daily now instead of basically never or one or two a month. The free sources to me are just too superficial or lazy to be worth reading or the best writing talent focuses on the biggest teams to hit the lowest common denominator. Plus, lots of great numbers coverage. The Hornets articles and NBA I in general has great stat info and breakdowns. This year for the NFL draft they gave access to like a thousand page document breaking down every prospect. It was insane and cool to have access to.
 

I stan the athletic and hope it sticks around.

And the Saints/Panthers draft story was widely reported elsewhere (for free) approximately fifteen seconds later. I hope the model lasts for everyone's sake who's involved, I just doubt it does.

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I agree with @Ship.  I like the athletic.  I got the free 90 day trial, and I've been reading it daily.  Lots of good writers and interesting content.

I really liked Jourdan.  She is a good and smart writer.  It sucks for the Charlotte area, but I only wish her the best as she moves forward.  Too bad she'll have to be associated with that crappy new logo!

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1 hour ago, Ready 2 Win said:

Not sad to see her go. Too many people here cited her mess. This is the woman that made a huge issue with Cam essentially flirting with her about women citing routes~

I miss the good ol days when I could unzip my dockers and plop my floppy disk down on a female employees desk without all this HR red tape!

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Just now, Riverboat Ron said:

I miss the good ol days when I could unzip my dockers and plop my floppy disk down on a female employees desk without all this HR red tape!

wasn’t that long ago was it? just ask every local reporter during the richardson years. but don’t bother trying to find any references to it in their work over the years.

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1 hour ago, Ready 2 Win said:

Not sad to see her go. Too many people here cited her mess. This is the woman that made a huge issue with Cam essentially flirting with her about women citing routes~

Yes, because using misogynistic humor to publicly insult a person at their place of work is a great way to flirt and get a woman’s attention. 
 

Idiot GIF

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