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• Jason

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  "After about a year of negotiating, ESPN bought TrueHoop in February ..."

  A year!  Henry must drive a hard bargain ... 

  Posted 4/11/2007 [reply] [flag]

• mierk

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  Interesting look at the balance for both bloggers and the company.  Some in the blogosphere will say they are "selling out to the man," since there is a fierce pride out there about providing checks and balances to the WWL.  But if you had the chance to do what you're already doing for free and make a living at it...biiiiig temptation. 

  I'm not a regular reader at TrueHoop, but it'll be interesting to see what the blog looks like a year from now.  Since the major leagues are already trying to control as much of the message as possible, I've gotta wonder if they are going to put up with the way many of the bloggers will unhesitatingly slam them.

  Posted 4/12/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Wednesday Bullets
Published 4/11/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Look, here I am talking about my new job in the Washington Times. 

More on ESPN’s Recent Acquisitions
Published 4/11/2007 by derrick eckardt at RotoNation
... , the integration of the key writers (specifically Henry Abbott and Matthew Berry, respectively), and insight into the concerns these writers had before agreeing to the acquisition. Further, Lemke speaks with Bill Simmons, who is probably ESPN’s most notable website acquisition, and the issues that Simmons has had with ESPN. Definitely a good read, as it pr