COSTS OF COVERING BASEBALL TOO HIGH--Washington Post
"Local baseball lovers had hungered for a major league team ever since the Senators left town.
They rejoiced at the arrival of the Nationals, but that meant a huge added expense at The Post.
Baseball is more costly to cover than any other sport because there are so many games and the travel costs are so high.
- To cover the Nationals, Sports gave up minor-league baseball. Do it with stringers, one reader begged. Stringers cost money. The Post also dropped horse-racing results.
Because of a tight budget and the Orioles' poor record, The Post stopped covering their road games this summer.
- That brought a lot of heartfelt complaints. Readers don't want wire stories; they want Post stories, especially when it's something historic such as the Aug. 22 game when the Texas Rangers set an American League record, scoring 30 runs to the Orioles' 3."
- Via Poynter.org/Romenesko
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posted by susan at
10/16/2007 11:30:00 PM
2 Comments:
News Papers are going the way of the horse and buggy
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james, at 10:37 PM
Yes, they are. My first thought is always the associated decay of the BBWAA. I know the Wash. Post doesn't allow its employees to vote on baseball awards, but I was fascinated to note on Oct. 10 here that the Daily Southtown paper in the Chicago area was ceasing coverage of all professional sports. That was the paper that employed Joe Crowley, the guy who voted Derek Jeter #6 in the 2006 AL MVP. Of course, the guy is an international celebrity now.
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susan, at 11:16 PM
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