Flyers

TIM PANACCIO IS OUT, TOO!

By Kyle Scott

Published: Jun 28th, 2017 · 11:55 AM EDT

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Holy bloodbath!

Just as I was writing the Dei Lynam post, Tim Panaccio tweets that he is out at CSN:

It’s looking more like these are network decisions rather than personal decisions. Keep in mind the current sports media environment: ESPN just laid off a whole bunch of its talent (mostly writers and reporters), FOX Sports just went all-in on an almost exclusively video strategy, and now CSN has just jettisoned its leading Flyers and Sixers reporters.

The industry as a whole is losing subscribers due to cord cutting. Social media is dominating. It’s becoming harder to monetize online text. And news and highlights on TV aren’t really needed anymore. This comes in the wake of many networks, including CSN, paying large broadcast rights fees to leagues and teams. You see the problem there.

I don’t want to dance on anyone’s grave, but if there was one person I would do that to, it’s Panaccio, who once emailed the Flyers and demanded that I be removed from their press distribution list because I was an asshole who worked in his mother’s basement. More relevant: He wasn’t good at his job, was the leader of a group of troll beat writers who continually mailed it in with small-minded and predictable content, and wrote useless game recaps in one-sentence paragraphs. Flyers coverage will be better off.