Way more generous than many major publications run by multinational media conglomerates.
I don’t know how long the patron economy that supports small publishers of websites & podcasts can remain viable, but I hope sites like FanGraphs stick around. I’d rather give them my money than hand it to megacorp middlemen that produce none of the value and extract a disproportionate toll for what amounts to running a fancy telephone directory.
When I think about where FanGraphs sits in today’s media landscape, there are a lot of things that make us an outlier. We are a 100% independent small business that has 14 full-time employees. Everyone who does any work for FanGraphs receives compensation. We don’t focus on chasing clicks. We don’t participate in SEO schemes. We don’t work with sportsbooks or gambling entities. We are a baseball site staffed by baseball experts for baseball fans and experts.
Appleman could just have easily said, “We actually respect you as a fellow human instead of a poorly-tapped revenue stream in need of optimized extraction.”
I don't really read their articles. Mostly I look at stats and projections for fantasy baseball. Occasionally I skim some of their reports. Still feeling like signing up…
Friday the 13th would explain why my docking station at work (haven't been in the office since Monday) just doesn't work at all.
I know, let’s take the premier tier of our product and slather another corporation’s ads all over it.
Soon all our Twins batters will have a Target on their heads.
Poor Wallner.
FanGraphs adds a paywall of sorts.
Way more generous than many major publications run by multinational media conglomerates.
I don’t know how long the patron economy that supports small publishers of websites & podcasts can remain viable, but I hope sites like FanGraphs stick around. I’d rather give them my money than hand it to megacorp middlemen that produce none of the value and extract a disproportionate toll for what amounts to running a fancy telephone directory.
Also, from the article sean linked, this:
Appleman could just have easily said, “We actually respect you as a fellow human instead of a poorly-tapped revenue stream in need of optimized extraction.”
I don't really read their articles. Mostly I look at stats and projections for fantasy baseball. Occasionally I skim some of their reports. Still feeling like signing up…
well that's not great.
Good Lord, Alcala and inherited runners. BQS