New Stadium Insider reports that they got a cease and desist letter from MLB over a ticket giveaway NSI was running, and NSI was also asked to remove the “inaugural season” logo.
While I understand MLB’s position, I find it interesting that they come after one of the squeaky-wheel blogs and not one of the rah-rah blogs. I also wonder if they are cracking down on every church, school and girl scout troop who raffles off tickets.
This morning NSI is reporting that Trenton (Yanks) beat Binghamton (Mets) which I’m sure what the Yankees want NSI to focus on.
Only 90,000 or so people have been to the disappointing new stadium. I’m telling you right now, in about two weeks “people don’t like it” is going to be a louder and louder story.
As for the blogs in general. We have a symbiotic relationship with the newspapers. Yes blogs sometimes use a paragraph or two from, but it’s also true that newspapers check out the blogs for stories – NSI being quoted about tickets is probably the reason the Yankees noticed that blog….and the Times has been circling around the obstructed views stories.
Someone on Twitter asked what will happen to the blogs when newspapers die. First, newspapers won’t die. They may become smaller, or just on-line, or become Kindle-delivered so technology TBA so that they are more current and portable. Even in a world without newspapers the blogs will survive. The teams will still want their teams covered, and all it would take is throwing a guy like me, or New Stadium Insider or any of the hundreds of other blogs some access (tickets, come see a workout, add us to the press release distribution) and the blogs will fill the void. Maybe not as well as some of the beat reporters….but on the other hand, I don’t see too many of the newspapers posting pictures of puddles on Day 2 of New Yankee Stadium.
There’s room for everyone. Now that I said that I expect to be asked to change the name of this site to “Flushing Police” later today.
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