Peter King to leave Sports Illustrated for NBC (1 Viewer)

[zftcg]

https://deadspin.com/peter-king-leaving-sports-illustrated-for-nbc-1825742232

I know it's easy to crap on King for being an NFL mouthpiece and overly cozy with his sources (the low point for me was when he let a bunch of personnel guys anonymously trash Michael Sam). Still, his influence over the past three decades over the way the league is covered is undeniable. The guy started an online column in 1997, way before most print guys even knew what the Internet was. Like Bill Simmons, he cashed in his celebrity to build a new site that experimented with the online form and created jobs for talented young journalists, no small thing in an era of media consolidation. And the flipside to his coziness was that he was able to get access to some pretty cool stories. (My personal favorite was his series on a week with an NFL officiating crew.)

 

[Faust]

Remembering Peter King's Danny Wuerffel fantasy

 

[voiceofunreason]

I think he should have retired a few years ago. 

 

[need2know]

Oh great now we will see him on TV even more

 

[Buffaloes]

I'll probably always remember him as Stewart's dad from Beavis and Butthead

 

[Spike]

Some of you may (and are) crapping on him but he was always a must-read for me. 

I think he will be greatly missed. 

 

[Bankerguy]

In his day - he was must read material.

 

[voiceofunreason]

Some of you may (and are) crapping on him but he was always a must-read for me. 

I think he will be greatly missed. 

He went downhill badly, since about the time he started doing tv. Became quite pompous imo.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Some of you may (and are) crapping on him but he was always a must-read for me. 

I think he will be greatly missed. 

He is still doing MMQB for NBC.

 

[Spike]

He is still doing MMQB for NBC.

Had not seen that. 

Would you have a link to where it will be?

 

[domvin]

https://deadspin.com/peter-king-leaving-sports-illustrated-for-nbc-1825742232

I know it's easy to crap on King for being an NFL mouthpiece and overly cozy with his sources (the low point for me was when he let a bunch of personnel guys anonymously trash Michael Sam). Still, his influence over the past three decades over the way the league is covered is undeniable. The guy started an online column in 1997, way before most print guys even knew what the Internet was. Like Bill Simmons, he cashed in his celebrity to build a new site that experimented with the online form and created jobs for talented young journalists, no small thing in an era of media consolidation. And the flipside to his coziness was that he was able to get access to some pretty cool stories. (My personal favorite was his series on a week with an NFL officiating crew.)

Are you his agent?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Had not seen that. 

Would you have a link to where it will be?

No - I read it in the linked article.

 King will continue to write his Monday morning column at NBC.

 

[need2know]

In his day - he was must read material.

like 2003?

 

[Faust]

Peter King says the '24/7-ness of the job' convinced him to leave Sports Illustrated

 

[zftcg]

Haven't heard anyone making this point, but you have to wonder if it had something to do with the long-term stability of Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. was sold to Meredith last year, and Meredith has been actively shopping the non-lifestyle titles (Time, SI, Fortune). Everyone working there is hoping they get bought by a benevolent billionaire a la Jeff Bezos, but more likely is they're sold to a private-equity firm that does a massive restructuring (read: layoffs). Media reporter Richard Dietsch, who'd been there almost as long as King, left for The Athletic a few months ago. King may well have decided he was too old to put up with that sh##.