espn is a hugely successful company whos calling the shots w this startup thingy idk xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 01:58 (seven years ago) link
idk either but i do know disney/espn is about as traditional a media company as there is, not sure how grantland ever was supposed to fit into their thing. it has a better chance on its own.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
the ringer isn't owned by hbo? figured it was
― Clay, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
separate venture iirc
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link
simmons maintaining a good relationship w his espn benefactors was his best shot
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
they let him on tv they gave him his own site its kinda funny
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
espn was a hugely successful company
― balls, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 05:33 (seven years ago) link
hbo promos are kinda always awful but i'm still a bit skeptical of whether the show will work, if he was willing to do an hour long free flowing conversation i could see it being enjoyable but what he's mentioned it seems like that is not going to be the case. hbo probably doesn't care much either way, they just want content as they prep toward moving more and more to being a streaming service. would have to imagine there's some hbo stake in the ringer but there's apparently definitely heavy vc cash and that whole pod he did w/ louis ck where they were talking about how at this moment creating and owning content is basically minting cash makes me wonder what the structure is. if/when the ringer does happen he'll write something if only to drive traffic but it's been very apparent his heart hasn't really been in writing for a while, i can remember him mentioning tony kornheiser telling him there would come a point when the writing would go and little things he's said (there were a couple of comments during the david chang pod specifically) that pretty much confirmed his writing is purely to help the ringer or just get out an opinion he needs out there.
― balls, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 05:47 (seven years ago) link
that whole pod he did w/ louis ck where they were talking about how at this moment creating and owning content is basically minting cash
lol wut
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3536776/Louis-C-K-claims-s-millions-debt-using-money-produce-web-series-Horace-Pete-s.html
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 05:50 (seven years ago) link
lol daily mail. goon really? www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/louis-ck-clarifies-he-is-886305
fun fact: almost no tv show makes a profit first run. the only one currently airing that does iirc is the walking dead.
― balls, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 05:59 (seven years ago) link
eh when he sells Horace and Pete to Netflix or Hulu or whatever he'll be in the black
― Clay, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:01 (seven years ago) link
yeah once his gloomy realist drama about a dying bar hits netflix the cash will start rolling in for sure
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
i used the daily mail cause their url is the best, most shows never make a profit which is a group his web series is destined to join, which is why ppl tend not to self finance
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:03 (seven years ago) link
he's already made a profit selling it to weirdos in his site
― balls, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:04 (seven years ago) link
no way has he earned a profit yet
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:07 (seven years ago) link
louie self produced a stand up special that did really well then was all i have this notoriously difficult business figured out then went online and talked w bill simmons abt how content is king during the million consecutive tsunami hitting the industry simmons creates content for, moral of the story its good to be a star
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:07 (seven years ago) link
in rainbows redux
― balls, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 06:09 (seven years ago) link
tfw soup is the perfect food https://twitter.com/hbo/status/733032327966777344
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
the sport of conversation
― balls, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
that's dumb as fuck
― balls, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CixBBGUWYAAcPyJ.jpg
i have never seen this expression on a person in my life
― Clay, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
simmos' brand is v blazer + untucked shirt tho, way to nail it
― Clay, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
horrible 'shop job on his face man alive
― Spottie, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0d/4e/9e/0d4e9ec4ca11fe2fc997313a0eed4623.jpg
― balls, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
― Spottie, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 5:53 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark
seriously what is going on
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
ya thats an insane texas chainsaw face
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
i would never attribute such shoddy work to noted ilx poster man alive
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:50 (seven years ago) link
can't see the white and-1s tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
there is content on the ringer dot com
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tJuZQ93.png
lmao
The real Joe Buck — the one who drops f-bombs with abandon, is married to a former Broncos cheerleader, hangs with Jon Hamm, and just might be America’s most underappreciated sports broadcaster.
― nomar, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
o shit fbombs tiiite bro tite
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
man i've heard a lot of smart media ppl praise joe buck, enough so that when al michaels or whoever (maybe not al michaels, probably not al michaels) calls joe buck the best broadcaster right now i don't even blink. at the same time man fuck joe buck.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
joe buck is unbearable
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
yeah there's a lot of reasons i stopped following baseball (slowly getting back into it, like if i saw jake arrieta in a restaurant i would recognize him now) but buck/mccarver combo (w/ the occasional dose of joe morgan) definitely played a role. also don't think finding out he's married to a former nfl cheerleader is gonna make me like him more, you might as well tell me how much he gets paid while you're at it.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
I kinda like him. He's nowhere near as bad as he was 7-8 years ago.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
xp mccarver is gone, thankfully, although his replacements aint exactly fun city (aside from tom verducci occasionally saying smart things and reminding the dips he's surrounded by that analytics exist)
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
of all the articles to launch with, jfc
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
Joe bucks attempts to sound excited during football games after years of criticism are legitimately hilarious
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
PASS IS....
...
...CAUGHT!
Otherwise he's just wallpaper and the best argument for cloning, so we could replace him on all networks with al michaels-es
― gis for westbrook shark jump (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
lol theyve also got an article abt obamas legacy by... an obama speechwriter, ringer is the anti gawk
http://i.imgur.com/jtDVmmF.jpg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
seems like really good kinja to me
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
bet he's super pissed that he already used the 'grantland' name and had to come up with something new
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
he didn't like grantland iirc
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
ann coulter is pretty
― nomar, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
yeah favreau does the ringers politics pod whice praise jesus jacko didn't get that gig
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
deadspin's thirst to make a "DO YOU SEEEEEEEE" type article about how the ringer is funded is fuckin hilarious http://deadspin.com/other-than-hbo-has-anyone-invested-in-bill-simmons-and-1779909602
they couldn't find out who was funding it, apparently, other than HBO. but unless it was a troll post idk why they were literally asking vox fucking media and buzzfeed if they provided funding, other than the denton/petechesky types who assume all their competitors are out to destroy them at all times, but like...peter thiel is not funding yr newest sports-coverage-enemy, it would appear you have other more pressing problems gawkdudes
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:29 (seven years ago) link
i agree whoever wrote this post shd be be working on the hulkster appeal
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:37 (seven years ago) link