Mark Cuban Hearts Newspapers
Jen: Mark Cuban. I can't get enough of this guy (even though he let Steve Nash go to Phoenix. Anyway, the Dallas Mavs owner is at it again, waxing on about the newspaper industry. This time its about sports coverage in newspapers and how it's badly needed. Cuban writes on his blog:
Bottom line is that despite the huge volume of sports coverage, the
local coverage of teams for the most part sucks. There is little depth
and certainly not the consistent coverage of a newspaper with a team
beatwriter or 2. That's a bad scenario for sports leagues. Teams in
every league need as much local coverage as we can get. The more
stories that are written by sportswriters and columnists, the more
opportunities for fans to connect and stay connected to our teams.
Cuban proposes a "beatwriter co-operative" funded by sports leagues. It is certainly interesting and incredibly problematic. But at least Cuban is throwing things out there to see what sticks and what slides down the wall.
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