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The Future Of Sports Reporting?
by Paul on 09/26/09 at 12:49 PM ET
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from Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune,
(Rich) Hammond’s marching orders are to report as if he weren’t on the payroll, providing coverage for fans (and maybe absent reporters) with a style and authority a media relations staffer can’t match.
Although teams have had staff announcers, this sort of reporting arrangement might have seemed preposterous a decade ago. New technology and economic realities for the media business have made it plausible. Now the question is whether it can be credible.
If a success, one has to wonder whether other would-be newsmakers—in business, in entertainment, in government—someday will decide this is the way to get news out and remain in the public eye should traditional news organizations no longer dedicate resources the way they did before the revenue crunch.
“In this changing world as it relates to the landscape and consumption of sports news content, we are making an organizational commitment to give our fans one place to go—LAKings.com—to satisfy their appetite for Kings news and information,” Luc Robitaille, the team’s president of business operations, said in the announcement. “We feel this is a landmark step for us as Rich will have full editorial control.”
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Kings Hire Rich Hammond
by Paul on 09/23/09 at 03:48 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings today announced the appointment of long-time Los Angeles Daily News hockey writer Rich Hammond as beat writer/columnist for LAKings.com, the club’s official website. Hammond, who will travel with the Kings full-time during the 2009-10 season, will begin providing exclusive content to LAKings.com on October 1.
“In this changing world as it relates to the landscape and consumption of sports news content, we are making an organizational commitment to give our fans one place to go – LAKings.com – to satisfy their appetite for Kings news and information ” said Kings President, Business Operations Luc Robitaille. “We feel this is a landmark step for us as Rich will have full editorial control in his new position. Kings fans deserve the best Kings coverage, and we’re excited that LAKings.com will be the new home for Rich’s insightful, objective and thorough reporting and analysis.”
Hammond will cover all Kings games and practices. He will also provide feature stories, commentaries, video stories and more on the Kings and on the NHL.
added 5:12pm, Rich explains the hiring and his position.
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