ESPN President John Skipper on His Decision to Shutter Grantland
Posted Nov 12, 2015
Say what you will about ESPN president John Skipper, but the guy knows how to come clean. Ever since ESPN announced the immediate shutdown of its revered Internet-writing showcase, Grantland, on October 30, there has been, apart from a terse initial statement, little clarification from the network’s Bristol headquarters about why it happened, when it happened, and what it all means. Now that has changed.
(Vanity Fair)
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