tarn owl Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 https://theathletic.com/checkout?pc=raf40&plan_id=45&shared_by_name=Robert&shared_by=2486996 So apparently this american company have been poaching journos and have created a sports site with no adverts. You get a free month and then it's discounted from there. Personally i am fed up of pop ups or having to read left or right wing papers site to find news. So this may work. It's free for a month so just cancel if not for you. I'm going to give it a go anyway. This is a referral from my account if you want to try it. (I DO NOT WORK FOR THEM). We have a dedicated Journo too, Dom has competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyCraig Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 What's it like? What stories are they running on us at the moment? Is it just journal pieces or any other content? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrbuk Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Suzuki_San said: Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! Wait... what?! Where do I get one of these fandangled machines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyCraig Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 minute ago, bigrbuk said: Wait... what?! Where do I get one of these fandangled machines! Bettaware 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentwalker Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Suzuki_San said: Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! A condom? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoSWFC Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Suzuki_San said: Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! I know it's crazy, I use a recycled condom for my cucumber. Just give it a rinse after pumping your missus and boom, slide it onto your cucumber. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarn owl Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, TommyCraig said: What's it like? What stories are they running on us at the moment? Is it just journal pieces or any other content? They have a decent little chat with Borner and then some pieces on there too. Plus if in to American sports they have a lot of other coverage too. The borner piece alone is interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I already have far too many subscription services as it is. The ongoing balkanization of content has to stop somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gparrish Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Subscribed to it for a few years, as I like American Sports. If it follows that format then its less clickbait articles than you'd see on the star and more long form articles. So over the course of a week, you'd get less articles than the Star but the quality and depth would be better(depending on the person writing it of course). Good piece on there this morning from Michael Cox, about the tactics of the three teams who won promotion to the Premier League. Last Wednesday article was a piece on whether its time to give Bullen the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Suzuki_San said: Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! It's absolutely needed. Newspapers have been gutting their staffs. The Star produces two paragraph tedium. The traditional model is dying. Twitter is a cesspool. Facebook is worse. The Guardian couldn't even do a comprehensive Championship preview! Edited August 6, 2019 by Socialist_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Great_Hope Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 The Athletic is built around quality rather than quantity. They have done very, very well in the North American Sports world over the last few years - the have done very well in poaching the best Sports Writers and giving them space to write what they want. Basically, rather than having Churn out very thin articles every day to basically give a Match Report plus whatever rumour they can find online, The Athletic give them room to actually plan, think, and write better articles about the subject they cover. Certainly in Baseball Circles they are absolutely killing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Owl Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 06/08/2019 at 14:57, Suzuki_San said: Just use an ad blocker on your browser of choice? It takes about 30 seconds to do. This is like when that guy went on Dragons Den with a pitch for a bit of plastic that keeps the end of your cucumber fresh. They've invented something that's not needed! True, although I've noticed more and more websites are forcing you to disable it these days, I wonder if eventually it'll become the norm and ad blockers won't be effective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBob Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) . Edited August 8, 2019 by BBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Thought this was a thread about Charlton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hoppy Hopper Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just subscribed for the free trial. It looks great at first glance. I’ll read a few articles and feedback my thoughts on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hoppy Hopper Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 It’s pretty good. It is all original content there are about 8 articles about Wednesday (since 5th August), which in my opinion are well above the recent standard of The Star. Topics range from is Bullen the right man, to should Leppings Lane be knocked down and rebuilt (the focus being on modernisation on the recent issue with SAG). I’ve also read a very interesting long read article about what happens during the transfer window and one about Spurs consulting with fans about offensive chanting. Articles are quite in depth and speak to a range of stakeholders. The headlines reflect the content, so there’s no click bait and there are no pop ups. However, if you are looking for football gossip it’s not what they do. On balance I’m impressed. I’ve got a month trial subscription and if the standard is maintained I’d expect to keep it going for a while once that expires. Hope that’s useful for anyone considering a subscription. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_1 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 You get what you pay for these days with journalism. Also, just in case you miss Tarn Owls link https://theathletic.co.uk/checkout?pc=raf40&plan_id=45&shared_by_name=Matthew&shared_by=2448207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam_Baggies Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Noticed that Rafa Benitez is writing for them too Haven't read the article in full, but he talks about his exit at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Liam_Baggies said: Noticed that Rafa Benitez is writing for them too Haven't read the article in full, but he talks about his exit at Newcastle. Just read it. Sounds like Ashley and Co lied to him time and time again. Good luck, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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