This Buzzfeed article tells how @TheAthleticSCCR is disrupting British football journalism, creating a “transfer window” for journalists and causing crisis meetings at The Times. It's like watching Silicon Valley in action. Of course, lately SV disruption has not proven to be a good thing... But the article is interesting. https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/athletic-hiring-spree You probably know that The Athletic (theathletic.com) is a subscription service whose mission is to become the New York Times of sports journalism. I started subscribing after George Quraishi sold Howler Magazine and he and Brooks Peck took over TheAthletic's soccer section. I really enjoy theAthletic's articles and highly recommend subscribing.
This is a very revealing Aug-4-2019 interview with the head of The Athletic’s UK football effort. I didn’t realize the Athletic already has 500,000 subscribers in the USA with an average spend of $64. The UK effort kicks off with 50 journalists (which is like 10x the USA soccer section) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-football-media-podcast/id1459449909?i=1000446155891
The Athletic requires a subscription, but this article by Rafa Benitez on being sacked is gold https://theathletic.com/1494282/201...ur-wife-or-your-mother/?source=shared-article
Looks like Eoin O'Callaghan has joined The Athletic's staff. This article is about 6'7" footballer Kevin Francis who eventually became a policeman in Calgary, Canada. Fascinating stuff. https://theathletic.com/1540934/202...d-kevin-francis-for-the-calgary-police-force/
TheAthletic UK passed its 1 year anniversary and has 300,000 subscribers. https://theathletic.com/1945318/202...ing-our-first-year-a-big-success/?source=dail