Comments on: ESPN jumps into high school sports

By: around the block

around the block — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:49:00 +0000

There is a company that has long established relationships with schools integrated into their athletic departments with scheduling software. They are building relationships with media companies now, and have a national presence.. highschoolsports.net they seem to have the bast chance I’ve seen to pull it all together. — backing by Gannett helps.. do you hear a Careebuilder.com, cars.com like national brand in the making? one to watch.

By: wtf executives?

wtf executives? — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:14:51 +0000

for emphasis:
“If they put the money — and feet — on the ground to build it.”

It’s amazing how GM’s, Publishers, VP’s, CEO’s, COO’s, etc… seem to think you can continue to run a business as an Editor, Reporter, Sales Manager, Sales Rep, etc… and also somehow at the same time be the R&D / new products division / completely new business arm of the company while adding like maybe 1 guy on the local level (and lets not forget 6-8 at corporate HQ).

Seems to be working out great…

…for Google.

By: Brad King

Brad King — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:01:53 +0000

High school sports at my local paper — the Cincinnati Enquirer — is probably like many other major dailies. There’s a wrangler in charge of information, but it’s not as pro-active as it should be.

Local papers could — and should — have thriving sections if they would engage with their schools and readers. And the natural partnership should be with ESPN, feeding a national group their content (if they choose to do that).

If ESPN can build a robust platform, they have a good shot at usurping the local news organizations and creating a very cool product of national interest. If they put the money — and feet — on the ground to build it.

By: fleetwood mack

fleetwood mack — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:43:45 +0000

look more closely…

espn is third to chase hight school sports….

By: Rocker

Rocker — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:42:02 +0000

Speaking of those aggressive local media company high school sports ramp-ups last fall….there was a ton of coverage about them as they launched…not much since. So, how are they doing? Based on the silence and what I see on most of the sites, results have been modest at best. I think. Anyone have a different take?