conns7901 wrote:
46-year run ends for Pro Football Weekly
Posted by Mike Florio on May 31, 2013, 10:43 PM EDT
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While PFW could have, in our view, remained competitive in the world of new media — indeed, the publication’s “Way We Hear It” feature reflected Internet-style rumor mongering long before folks were mongering rumors on the Internet — the name itself epitomized old-media realities. “Weekly” would no longer cut it; news and analysis must be delivered in real-time via electronic means, not once per week in a publication that looked and felt more like a newspaper than a magazine.
At one point, PFW was an indispensable source of league-wide information and analysis to supplement local newspapers that focused on one team and national newspapers that provided only the most superficial information (but at least they did it in pretty colors). Put simply, times changed and PFW didn’t.
Every new-media publication should heed that warning. Times will continue to change. Those who don’t change with the times eventually will have a pile of liabilities that dwarf their assets, too.
Ouch. Seems like Florio doesn't mind pouring some serious salt in PFW's wounds. Is there any more to the Arkush-Florio thing other than them being competitors?
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