Media thread 2022/23

[JULES]

Thats a shame - behind a paywall. It maybe the one single reason to sign up to my first newspaper - unless I knew which one @tolmie's hairdoo worked for ;-)

The Guardian ?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I had no idea the top journo's earned anything like that amount, wow!

They don't. He's the exception.

Happy to pay kids £20k a year now and trawl the internet to rewrite stuff.

 

[Asa's left peg]

The Guardian ?

Am reliably informed, it's the Beano. He even allowed them to model the main character on himself. Allegedly.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Thats a shame - behind a paywall. It maybe the one single reason to sign up to my first newspaper - unless I knew which one @tolmie's hairdoo worked for ;-)

All of 'em!

 

[Asa's left peg]

All of 'em!

At a million a pop! thats ..... more than Ric!

 

[Sir peace frog]

Thats a shame - behind a paywall. It maybe the one single reason to sign up to my first newspaper - unless I knew which one @tolmie's hairdoo worked for ;-)

he doesn't work actually for a newspaper, he's a reporter with VIZ

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

At a million a pop! thats ..... more than Ric!

Freelance page rates aren't what they used to be, trust me:(

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Agreed..

I did all right academically but when I see stuff like some of the amounts people can get paid to write about the game they love, well now it makes one think about the choices that were on offer back then..

And as for 'careers advice', back in the late-60s the school adviser never said anything about how you might get a job involving sports journalism or one like, say, Stanley Tucci swanning around Italy tasting the food for the tv cameras..

As Yvonne Fair sang 'It should'a been me..!'

Only the really top-level columnists get the really huge money because they attract large audiences (and revenue). Samuel is one of the best in the UK. Pay levels in the print industry have fallen over the years as the business has declined and a lot of reporters, especially the freelances, are scraping a living these days. This is what has driven the clickbait culture.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

The only football bits in the sports section of the Times are seemingly all written by Jonathan Northcroft with bits by David Walsh and Alison Rudd. There is a definite red bias there as I put in an (unpublished) email to them a few weeks ago.

Surely no rational human being bothers to read shite from Alison Rudd ....

just those( that can read ) amongst the lunatic dipper cult

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

They don't. He's the exception.

Happy to pay kids £2.00 a year now and trawl the internet to rewrite stuff.

When you say kids, I presume you mean those under 11 ?

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Let's just say Alison Rudd is not the first port of call when it comes to reading.

 

[MCC]

Just watched the Kalvin Phillips press conference..... up pops The Athletic's Oliver Kay with a question on some poor fella dying at the Saudi team's hotel and migrant workers. Kalvin handled the whole conference well. Kay is clearly oblivious to the fact that he works for an American owned rag and is talking about migrant workers abuse. You could not make it up!!!

 

[Centurions]

Thats a shame - behind a paywall. It maybe the one single reason to sign up to my first newspaper - unless I knew which one @tolmie's hairdoo worked for ;-)

As previously said you can sign up to as many free accounts (2 articles a week?) as you can have email addresses (which is limitless).

 

[Asa's left peg]

As previously said you can sign up to as many free accounts (2 articles a week?) as you can have email addresses (which is limitless).

Thanks, C. I saw that after. I may do that.

 

[blue whippet]

You can become a registered user of The Times, which means they get your email address. But that allows you to access two articles each week. I've registered twice with two different email addresses.

I like Michael Atherton's writing about cricket, so that's mainly what I've used my free access for until now. But for those of us who are admirers of Big Martin, this should be a way to keep reading his output if that's going to be two columns per week.

Incidentally, I expect that Winter will remain Chief Football Writer. Samuel does touch on other sports at the Mail even though football is clearly his main thing, so presumably he'll be Chief Sports Writer or some such.

That's handy to know, thanks.

 

[Woody135]

For Martin Samuel fans on here...

He's had enough of Daily Mail.

Watch this space... Next stop The Times for double his dough:)

I estimate that will be closer to £1m a year!!!

Two columns a week - nice work if you can get it!!

Congrats to someone who always gives City a fair sheikh!

You are martin samuel and i claim my £5

 

[laserblue]

He's off to the Echo....

Why Liverpool FC Are Top Hole, Don't You Know

"Pater will you take us to Anfield to watch Liverpool?"

"Don't be absurd child. We'll get nits and scabies and have our pockets picked by those dreadful oiks that live there."

 

[bluemanchester]

The only football bits in the sports section of the Times are seemingly all written by Jonathan Northcroft with bits by David Walsh and Alison Rudd. There is a definite red bias there as I put in an (unpublished) email to them a few weeks ago.

Take it you didn't get the staff writing back to you slating City and detailing every penny spent which I did after telling them the same thing. No matter how good Samuels is, and I think he is one of the best, is not enough to tempt me to subscribe again to the tomes.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

I find the best parts of The Times these days are Clarkson and Liddle (sad i know)

 

[KS55]

Bet Henry Winter is pleased about that.

Always comes across as having an air of superiority about him and he seems he always likes to be top dog

Maybe he is going to the Grauniad. After all, remember his story after CAS.
”City are cleared, but they are not innocent.”