The Ringer is Live

[CD Boogie]

Oh my goodness two media entities that were made for each other. Just imagine those production meetings.

Athletic writer: I’d like to do a 5,000 word oral history on the quality of the hot dogs in the Phoenix Coyotes press box.

Simmons: Why only 5,000 words? Surely there’s a way to tie it all back to Teen Wolf

Eh, I understand some of the vitriol toward both, but I still find value in The Ringer and The Athletic. I don't consume it all. But then again, I don't eat everything at a buffet, either.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I'd like $1,000 for my 1980s Topps baseball card collection.

I'll give you 30 cents for all your 1987 Topps.

 

[Pilot]

I mean, the podcast network got 100 million downloads just last month. That's pretty damn stunning.

There's speculation in there Simmons would "link up" with ESPN again... I can't imagine there'd be a deal without Simmons being directly involved. His personal podcasts have to account for a ton of that 100 million downloads, I'd assume. That or people really care more about random hot takes on the Bachelor than I assume. That's not even meant to denigrate their other podcasters, but to say he has the only unique voice on the network, or close to it. If I want a rant about reality TV, it doesn't make me a hell of a lot of difference if it's a Ringer person or not, and lord knows I won't have to look far to find an alternative.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

Oh my goodness two media entities that were made for each other. Just imagine those production meetings.

Athletic writer: I’d like to do a 5,000 word oral history on the quality of the hot dogs in the Phoenix Coyotes press box.

Simmons: Why only 5,000 words? Surely there’s a way to tie it all back to Teen Wolf

Your hatred for these outlets is over-the-top, but this made me laugh pretty hard

 

[sgreenwell]

Bump! Officially sold: Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business - Price isn't out yet.

 

[Alma]

Bump! Officially sold: Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business - Price isn't out yet.

Good for them, good for podcasts.

 

[Chef2]

This had me chuckling.

“With the Ringer, we’re basically getting the new ESPN,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told Recode in an interview Wednesday. “What [Simmons] has accomplished in just a few short years, it’s nothing short of extraordinary. … It’s not just his own podcast, but his whole network that’s doing really well. He’s a talent magnet.”

 

[CD Boogie]

This had me chuckling.

“With the Ringer, we’re basically getting the new ESPN,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told Recode in an interview Wednesday. “What [Simmons] has accomplished in just a few short years, it’s nothing short of extraordinary. … It’s not just his own podcast, but his whole network that’s doing really well. He’s a talent magnet.”

I mean, it's not completely wrong...

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Probably more likely to be getting the new Broadcast.com.

 

[Double Down]

I mean, it's not completely wrong...

ESPN brings in almost $6 billion in revenue per quarter, so I'd say it's a bit of a stretch at this point.

 

[DanOregon]

A lot of cashing out/in going on in Boston these days.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Bump! Officially sold: Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business - Price isn't out yet.

There's more stupid money floating around internet businesses at this moment that there was in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Maybe someone can convince Pud to bring back ****edcompany.com.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

And he'll still ***** about how he never had a chance to make it the old-fashioned way b/c of the old boys network.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Dip**** who hires white 20-somethings gets busted for hiring diversity.

https://nypost.com/2020/06/03/bill-...-on-him-after-he-is-championed-for-diversity/

 

[DanOregon]

Sad truth is "only" 84 percent white is pretty low in the media industry. I'd say The Ringer is better than 95 percent of major media outlets. TV will be "diverse" in front of the camera, but not behind it. Radio? No. And Print? Maybe not even trying to put on appearances.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

No doubt about it, but Simmons is too lacking in self-awareness to know when to sit one out. As we all know, he NEVER sits one out.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Sad truth is "only" 84 percent white is pretty low in the media industry. I'd say The Ringer is better than 95 percent of major media outlets. TV will be "diverse" in front of the camera, but not behind it. Radio? No. And Print? Maybe not even trying to put on appearances.

It's 86 percent.

And I'm sure they are trying to get to 90 soon enough.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

This reminds me of the Simpsons gag w/the MTV VJ aging out on screen. "But I'm only 32!"

 

[JimmyHoward33]

No raises, more work and laughed at when asking for promotion.... the ringer is every newsroom in the country after all