Media thread 2022/23

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Walk in shower baths and stretchy waist trousers

Shoes with Velcro and not laces. Absolute God-send!

 

[Blue Mist]

Don’t forget the corduroy trousers with an elasticated waste. I’d be lost without them!

How much and is P&P included ?


Ergh asking for my dad

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Is Fred Bassett still in it?
Or was that a different paper....

Sorry I only read Martin Samuels bits, so don't know,

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Didn’t he leave the times to get the Mail gig?

Think so. Editor there wants him back.

One news column, one sporting one a week.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

So the Times have now regained Samuel as a football writer… presumably a well remunerated one which must come with a ‘chief’ or ‘head’ or ‘main’ name tag?

Which leaves Winter, ‘Chief football writer’ as what? ‘Chief of chiefs’?

Odd to have 2 ‘chiefs’ of football writing on just one media outlet, lots of money for 2 ‘names’, when you could have just one, and an army of lesser paid hardworking minions for the same outlay.

Winter to The Mail, perhaps?

 

[The perfect fumble]

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

He's off to the Echo....

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

 

[JASR]

Winter to The Mail, perhaps?

That’s what I thought might be happening,

 

[dadnlad]

Shoes with Velcro and not laces. Absolute God-send!

still not learnt to tie own laces then ;)
cross and through
make a loop
round n through
pull both loops

 

[HelloCity]

I’ve checked quite a few social media accounts from British media journalists, including from presenters and interviewers etc. To say they were so outraged about this World Cup it looks like they’re having an absolute ball. Relentless photos and videos of the views & scenery, amazing restaurants, private music gigs even.

These pics below are from last night and are just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Bilboblue]

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!

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

 

[dadnlad]

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

two articls a week pick and choose sporting events all free
make me wish i'd listened to the geordie english teacher more lol i still wouldnt have a clue what he was on about
english = fail lol

 

[johnevans]

two articls a week pick and choose sporting events all free
make me wish i'd listened to the geordie english teacher more lol i still wouldnt have a clue what he was on about
english = fail lol

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..!'

 

[Paladin]

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!

The only reason needed to boycott that terrible publication forever.

 

[Paladin]

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.

Cost of living crisis must be hitting bad in St P.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Sorry I only read Martin Samuels bits, so don't know,

Is that a homoerotic version of reading tea leaves? Sounds disgusting whatever it is .......

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

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.

 

[citymad]

two articls a week pick and choose sporting events all free
make me wish i'd listened to the geordie english teacher more lol i still wouldnt have a clue what he was on about
english = fail lol

Samuels apart, you don't need any sort of education to become a journalist. Just got to be good at telling lies, making shit up and be a hypocrite.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Samuels apart, you don't need any sort of education to become a journalist. Just got to be good at telling lies, making shit up and be a hypocrite.

Just updating my CV. Where do I send it?

:)

 

[Asa's left peg]

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 ;-)

 

[citizen_maine]

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.

They must have listened to you