The newspaper business took another massive blow this week when both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times announced they would either be disbanding or greatly scaling back sports coverage.
For many that grew up reading and relying on those papers to provide them with the information and content they want, this is another hit to an institution for multiple generations.
SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio host Adam Schein on Tuesday said he is one of those who prefers to hold an actual newspaper in his hands. He recognized that might put him in a growing minority.
“Maybe I’m just a certified freak. Maybe I’m stuck in my ways,” Schein said. “Maybe I’m just a sicko!”
“I read it to learn something, and basically the New York Times and the LA Times are telling you, you don’t want to learn anymore,” he added. “You don’t want depth, you don’t want detail. And if you don’t think this isn’t going to happen in Chicago or Philadelphia or Houston or Dallas or Detroit or Atlanta, you’re not paying attention.”
To see the papers in the two largest cities in America abandon traditional coverage like they have didn’t sit well with Schein.
“This pisses me off,” he said. “When you’re minimizing stories, when you’re minimizing – and this bothers me from the LA perspective – games. You’re minimizing results.”
“And now you’re telling me that the games don’t matter, that the recaps don’t matter, the results don’t matter, that the behind-the-scenes doesn’t matter?” Adam added. “But subscribe to The Athletic? I have a problem with that.”
