I am not a journalist but I do like reading the blog. However for maybe the first of second time I did not read the entire blog as finding an editor did not pertain to me. I would have liked to have read the article about Jessica Beal but of course the article is behind a pay wall. I have never heard Greg Carton. I read Phil Mushnick all the time. He has never had much good to say about him or WFAN for that matter.
"Or, put slightly differently, who’s listening to radio in 2023?"
I still like sports talk radio shows. (At least the good ones). Radio talk shows are structured and well-produced; podcasts often drone on and have wavering audio quality. Plus, radio talk shows serve a mass audience so they seem to reflect the voice of the people; podcasts often get in their own little bubbles.
I'm speaking in generalities, and of course there's bad sports radio shows and great podcasts. But I still enjoy old fashioned AM talk.
Re: Musing 9 ... I think you wrote a while ago about media members serving as fans or feeling like an extension of the team. I am not sure people want their journalists to be neutral. I think they want their media to be fans of the team. People might say they want independent journalism on a theoretical level, but they actually don't. Same for politics. I find it a disturbing trend that is not coming back.
I am not a journalist but I do like reading the blog. However for maybe the first of second time I did not read the entire blog as finding an editor did not pertain to me. I would have liked to have read the article about Jessica Beal but of course the article is behind a pay wall. I have never heard Greg Carton. I read Phil Mushnick all the time. He has never had much good to say about him or WFAN for that matter.
"Or, put slightly differently, who’s listening to radio in 2023?"
I still like sports talk radio shows. (At least the good ones). Radio talk shows are structured and well-produced; podcasts often drone on and have wavering audio quality. Plus, radio talk shows serve a mass audience so they seem to reflect the voice of the people; podcasts often get in their own little bubbles.
I'm speaking in generalities, and of course there's bad sports radio shows and great podcasts. But I still enjoy old fashioned AM talk.
liked the Orlando description of language - will follow him - ty
Re: Musing 9 ... I think you wrote a while ago about media members serving as fans or feeling like an extension of the team. I am not sure people want their journalists to be neutral. I think they want their media to be fans of the team. People might say they want independent journalism on a theoretical level, but they actually don't. Same for politics. I find it a disturbing trend that is not coming back.