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Grantland is officially dead
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:06 pm to CunningLinguist
Sucks, they're probably going to put all of the good stuff (Zach Lowe) behind their stupid paywall
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:07 pm to CunningLinguist
Not a shock especially with the cuts ESPN has been making. Should have pulled the plug when they canned Simmons.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:09 pm to hendersonshands
Bill Barnwell will never have a paying writing job again. He was the worst writer ever. I bet Simmons regretted that hire.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:11 pm to 1999
Didnt the simmons guy start that, espn bought it, brought him over, then let him go?
if so, he got over on them 10 fold
if so, he got over on them 10 fold
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:11 pm to CunningLinguist
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Bill Barnwell will never have a paying writing job again. He was the worst writer ever. I bet Simmons regretted that hire.
Simmons will probably give him another job
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:12 pm to stlslick
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Didnt the simmons guy start that, espn bought it, brought him over, then let him go?
No
It'll be interesting who ESPN is able to retain since they vomited all over themselves as bosses during the entire post-BS Grantland era.
This post was edited on 10/30/15 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:12 pm to stlslick
Simmons was with ESPN. They let him start Grantland. He left, but they owned it.
They were paying him like 5 million per year though.
They were paying him like 5 million per year though.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:13 pm to CunningLinguist
It unofficially died when Simmons left. I'm not sure why it took them this long to pull the plug on a project they lost money on after the principal driver of their traffic left.
This post was edited on 10/30/15 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:13 pm to CunningLinguist
Seems like the Grantland guys found out from the report too
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@ZachLowe_NBA 8m8 minutes ago
Cancel that Lowe Post, @coachthorpe. Tuesday column was gonna be fun, too. Return of the 10 Things I Like and Don't Like!
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@ZachLowe_NBA 6m6 minutes ago
/turns phone off
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:14 pm to hendersonshands
Now I wonder, are those guys contracted to Grantland or ESPN? Like are they all laid off?
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:15 pm to hendersonshands
Yeah, from what I'm seeing, the writers all found out from a tweet. 
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:15 pm to therick711
Jon Miller thinks ESPN kept it around to prove they did not need Simmons.
Barnwell have an nfl podcast with simmons IMO.
Barnwell have an nfl podcast with simmons IMO.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:15 pm to hendersonshands
That sucks
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:16 pm to hendersonshands
Lowe will land at ESPN if he wants to. So will Jonah Keri. All of the other talented people already left (for the most part).
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:16 pm to hendersonshands
Lowe and them are probably leaving to work for Simmons.
This post was edited on 10/30/15 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:19 pm to BobBarker
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Lowe and thenm are probably leaving to work for Simmons.
On one of his pods he said he wasn't sure about writing again so will there be a "new Grantland" for them to write for or is everyone going with him just doing podcast and his eventual HBO show? Or if you're Lowe do you go to say Yahoo to write and I'd imagine they'd let him do pods with Simmons.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:19 pm to BobBarker
Simmons should start Landgrant
Seriously, this is such an indictment on ESPN and the average sports fan. Those guys did great work but no one took the time to appreciate their work.
There are some seriously uber talented dudes who just found out on Twitter that they wouldn't be writing anymore.
Seriously, this is such an indictment on ESPN and the average sports fan. Those guys did great work but no one took the time to appreciate their work.
There are some seriously uber talented dudes who just found out on Twitter that they wouldn't be writing anymore.
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:20 pm to saintsfan22
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James Andrew Miller ?@JimMiller 2m2 minutes ago
All @Grantland33 writers will have their contracts honored; intent is to use sports writers on other @espn platforms.
Only the culture people fired except for Jacoby kinda..
Posted on 10/30/15 at 1:20 pm to saintsfan22
I'm pretty sure that Lowe is under contract with ESPN because he had a presence beyond Grantland with them. I'm not sure they will let him out of it.
If they do I think he goes with Yahoo or something as others have mentioned and works with Simmons as well.
If they do I think he goes with Yahoo or something as others have mentioned and works with Simmons as well.
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