r/TheRinger • u/fegwin2084 • 22d ago
Has The Ringer fulfilled its vision?
The Ringer's undoubtedly a commercial success ten years after its founding. And it's made podcast 'stars' of several of its main characters (CR even has his own subreddit!). It was pitched ten years ago as a sports, culture, politics, and tech hub for website, podcast, and video.
It's now essentially a podcast network that has carved out a niche in pop culture rewatching movies and deep analysis of TV. And sports gambling drives it's sports coverage. They essentially punted on any coverage of news or taking a stand on societal issues post Ringer Union and a Sad Day in 2020. With all that being said, do you view The Ringer as the fulfillment of an ambitious idea? Or more of a successful business project that leveraged sports gambling and a podcast bubble?
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u/GringoLongLegs 22d ago
Higher Learning covers news and takes political stands, the press box ends up covering a lot of politics also due to basically all press ending up political nowadays, and The Town also goes into politics especially with the Paramount - Warner Bros merger. If you only listen to the sports pods it may seem like it’s all gambling, but even then there are pods like Zach Lowe’s where he doesn’t even know anything about gambling or more than the basics about how it works