Ives sees the light
Ives Galarcep made a bold move on January 1, 2008 when he went independent. Says Galarcep:
I am leaving the Herald News after 10 years at the paper in order to devote myself to launching and running a soccer news website [editor's note: if it runs on WordPress, orders content sequentially by date and allows comments, it's a blog—no need to be afraid] that readers from all over the country, and American soccer fans all over the world, can come to for the best mix of news and analysis around.
Listen, I think that’s super-awesome and everything but I’m concerned about how Ives will get all that news to analyze without press credentials. It’s not like MLS or U.S. Soccer are going to give a media pass to a blogger.
By the way, Ives is doing his best to prove that age-old axiom, “nothing says ‘L4wlZ! I gotz a blog - OMG!1!’ like three skyscraper AdSense blocks per post.” I’m only kidding; the CTR must be amazing, considering all those expensive AP and ISI photos.
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But a blog is just a very specific type of content management system. So, yes, it’s a soccer news web site. That’s a much more descriptive description of it than a blog which could be some schmuck like me hacking away or some 14 year in Wyoming posting their emo poetry.
Really, I was just trying to set up the blogger access bit.
[...] 2. ThroughBall A blogger wonders aloud how Ives Galarcep will continue on without the newspaper credential. [...]
I figure Ives is established enough he’ll have no problem getting credentials - but your point is very valid for other lesser known writers.
Sure…he wins US soccer blog of the year, and THEN becomes an actual blog site. Guess he’s looking to keep that trophy, eh?
Ives may still have his old contacts with his years in journalism and he has established quite a voice in US Soccer, so while it may be a bumpy, I feel it is a move in the right direction.
John
are your forgetting his affiliation with ESPN? he’ll have no problem at all. it’s business as usual for Ives.
Adam: No, I was just being facetious. It’s unfortunate that the only way to do that online is with emoticons.
Except for the AP and ISI photo thing—that was totally serious.
Ives = trophy monger.
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