Lynn Hoppes to ESPN

[Moderator1]

Confirmed by Lynn himself.


Lynn Hoppes, Associate Managing Editor/Sports and APSE national president, is leaving the Orlando Sentinel to become Senior Director of Page 2 and Columnists for ESPN.com.

 

[WaylonJennings]

Didn't Lynn write an APSE column last year about how all the writers needed to be loyal to newspapers, even after they were laid off?

 

[slappy4428]

This is an interesting move..

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I'm pretty sure this has been in the works for some time. I was hearing rumors of these talks a while back.
Good for Lynn.

 

[Charlie Brown]

Didn't Lynn write an APSE column last year about how all the writers needed to be loyal to newspapers, even after they were laid off?

It was good P.R., to "further the discussion." I read about that kind of thing on the Twitter thread. You quote people saying something they never said, or you say things that really aren't true, or you stretch the truth, or you rub perfume on a pig, and it aids journalists because it furthers the discussion and helps get your message out. Something like that. You can't take it literally. It's just good P.R., and as the leader of the APSE, he had to put a good spin on things. It worked. You believed it.

Or did you?

 

[Ace]

So the presidency of APSE is a PR job?

 

[WaylonJennings]

I don't think it's a bad move and I don't begrudge him. I don't even know him. But from a guy who was working overtime to guilt people into sticking with newspapers, it comes off just slightly hypocritical. I mean, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. That was his message, no?

 

[Charlie Brown]

So the presidency of APSE is a PR job?

Sorta looks that way right now, doesn't it?

And I echo what Waylon just posted. Every word. Happy for the dude. Really am. But, wfw, what Waylon said.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Good for Lynn... This one has been rumored forever.

 

[Ace]

Lynn's blog (apparently he has read this thread):

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/apse_presidents_blog/

 

[BigDog]

I guess he got the buyout he was demanding for months.

 

[WriteThinking]

This is an interesting move..

Why is that? Just wondering what your thoughts are.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I guess he got the buyout he was demanding for months.

From what I hear, he wanted to take the buyout when they got rid of Povtak and others last summer but they wouldn't let him.

 

[BigDog]

You hear wrong.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

You hear wrong.

He's perfect for ESPN.

 

[Riddick]

Congrats to Lynn and none of us can blame him. ****, I'd leave if I could.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Will he have to resign as president, or does that ESPN title qualify him as a sports editor?

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Congrats to Lynn and none of us can blame him. ****, I'd leave if I could.

Can you sell ice to an eskimo? If so, you may be next to get a big payday.

 

[Mike Harris not that one]

He leaves at the right time, not in a newspaper sense, but just as Spring sets in on Connecticut and the steamy summer is ahead in Florida. No more dodging hurricanes here in Florida.

Congrats Lynn

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

He leaves at the right time, not in a newspaper sense, but just as Spring sets in on Connecticut and the steamy summer is ahead in Florida. No more dodging hurricanes here in Florida.

Congrats Lynn

As much as Orlando dodges hurricanes.