Comments on: What Happens When SI Takes Off The Swimsuit?

By: Farvehater

Farvehater — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:41:42 +0000

ESPN mag reads like a sports center script, its terrible, great photos but terrible writers, the magazines flow is also terrible half way through the mag you just dont care anymore. it tries too hard.

SI is a great mag, radio shows should take a tips from the SI editorial, touch on the hot topics but educate people as well, and update them on past hot topics and their developments

sporting news, is for gamblers..thats it.

By: taf

taf — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:36:38 +0000

And ESPN is part of the Go.com network. Why split hairs over where the traffic comes from?

By: VBDave

VBDave — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:06:06 +0000

I had to call three times to stop my ESPN the Mag subscription that comes with Insider. I was finally told that I couldn’t cancel it, but I could have it sent overseas to someone stationed overseas. I wish they would have told me that when I made my first two calls.

Thought smoe of you may want to know if your ESPN the Mag goes straight from the mailbox to the recycle bin.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:01:40 +0000

taf, Yahoo Sports has some great content, esp. the blogs. but clearly Yahoo benefits greatly from having traffic redirected from Yahoo.com.

same thing with FoxSports.com and MSN.

ESPN.com is by far the most-trafficked standalone site on the web.

By: taf

taf — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:17:11 +0000

How does ESPN ‘own the web’? Yahoo Sports is #1 (for like the past 2 years) according to comscore.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:16:33 +0000

The swimsuit issue has been good news/bad news for SI. Thanks to relentless promotion. the swimsuit issue plainly overshadows SI editorial now.

But of course, the swimsuit issue is what keep SI an ongoing concern. Be careful what you wish for Time, Inc.!

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:03:24 +0000

Interesting that from the poll, it appears that mags are off the rader for folks. I know I haven’t read a sports mags in … I can’t remember the last time.

By: werowance

werowance — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:44:17 +0000

Maybe it is a generational thing. I am 47, grew up with SI, still subscribe. I tried ESPN The Mag for one year. I could swear EtM is laid out for people with some sort of attention deficit disorder — whether the content is good or not is somewhat lost to me because I can’t follow the flow, hate the fonts, sidebars, etc. If you infer from this that I am a grumpy old man who is uncomfortable with change, you might be right. But I’ll stick with SI.