ESPN pulled the plug last week on its ambitious Grantland site, and Ben Thompson suggests its death is bad news for sites focusing on quality over quantity: "It certainly seems that the lesson of Grantland is that there is no room in the middle: not enough scale for advertising, and costs that are far too high for a viable subscription business." Also, why Grantland mattered. And Malcolm Gladwell on ESPN's decision.
November 9, 2015