"ESPN has an opportunity to use this moment not to preserve something that can never be replicated, but to build something that feels authentic to the next generation of basketball fans."
“So on an election night, the election is the [sport]: who’s winning and why? How did we get to this point, or who said what about whom before we got to this point?”
The most popular content in almost every medium today is two people having a conversation. But both cable and network news outlets haven't embraced that.
“There are a lot of people online right now spouting all sorts of things that are categorically biased. I was raised and trained in a culture where there was strict fact-checking and standards.”
On a standalone platform, there’s no casual traffic — only committed subscribers. And the truth is, there may not be enough of them to make it sustainable.
“So on an election night, the election is the [sport]: who’s winning and why? How did we get to this point, or who said what about whom before we got to this point?”