BeachBumDeac
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nfls fault
Another reason to never give a ginger any power
nfls fault
It's pretty widely believed that Grantland is actually losing money. It has been a critical success but not a financial success which is probably what makes ESPN's decision to part ways with him easier. Without ESPN.com helping to drive traffic to the site it would be even worse so I wouldn't be so sure there is someone out there willing to give him the money to re-create Grantland under a new name. Simmons himself drives traffic and would be a profitable hire for pretty much anyone but re-creating Grantland is likely not going to be a profitable venture.
Im not an e-commerce expert, but this goodbye email from Simmons to staff says that in April they did 10MM unique views. That's a decent amount of PPC, I would think, certainly enough to support a decent staff and freelancers.
http://deadspin.com/bill-simmonss-goodbye-email-i-am-done-being-involved-1704773063
I wouldn't be shocked if Grantland is grossly overpaying most of the staff though and I can imagine Simmons driving that sort of overhead could have been part of his dismissal. If you're losing money with 10mm views per month then you're doing something wrong.
I wouldn't be shocked if Grantland is grossly overpaying most of the staff though and I can imagine Simmons driving that sort of overhead could have been part of his dismissal. If you're losing money with 10mm views per month then you're doing something wrong.
Stamps.com!!
Because who wants to go sit behind some 89 year old woman mailing a bunch of packages at the post office?