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David Bixenspan
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Because she’s a mainstream star the likes of which nobody else on the roster is? Read more

...you’re aware that Fox News and Fox are separate networks, right? Read more

“Derp derp derp people who watch Fox News watch Fox” comments are among my least favorite things on the internet, because they make no sense. Read more

You’re the only person I’ve seen read that as proof that Raw is absolutely staying put. It means that they won’t get into a bidding/matching war for SmackDown the way they are with Raw. Read more

Where did either THR reporter say that Raw is definitely staying on USA? All they said was what the USA bid is up to and what it includes. Read more

Oh come on, both of those Saturday Night’s Main Event specials are good. Read more

Naomi, who uses the flying hip attack, you mean? Yes, she’s on SmackDown, and yes, she’s awesome. Read more

@jonhern took care of this, but I’ll second basically everything he said in his various comments. There is a shockingly low volume of secondary market tickets available. I’ve seen an argument made that maybe scalpers are holding back to create an illusion of scarcity, but there’s zero proof that scalpers ever ever do Read more

As in SBNation.com or as in all of the sports sites under the Vox umbrella or as in everything under the Vox umbrella? Read more

I don’t think Bleacher Report has had any unpaid writers since 2014 or thereabouts. So...yeah. Though there are still artifacts of it, like the Content Standards team and the gameified ranking system. Read more

This is a key that some commenters are missing. I started on one of the community blogs in 2010, briefly as an unpaid blogger before becoming a site manager. The pitch that they give now is basically the same one that they gave people just after SBN in its current form launched, before the heavy VC infusions. Read more

It’s not that easy, though. Talked with one of the union reps last year when I tweeted my frustration that the community bloggers weren’t included. They would have to try to get classified as employees first, by force or otherwise. Read more

If it was easy to do a one-off show drawing 10,000 fans, someone else would have done it. Read more