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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Psst… wanna work for Bill James?
Are you interested in writing for Bill James Online? Here’s the deal. At this point, we can’t afford to pay you. We have xxxx subscribers as of now and expenses averaging about $y,yyy a month, so. . .do the math; we’re losing money.
(He posts the numbers, but it’s behind the wall. I don’t know if I should post it or not.)
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I am seeking writers to write for the FanGraphs blog. These are paid, part-time positions. Before you apply, ask yourself the following questions:
-Are you knowledgeable about the stats on FanGraphs?
-Are you an independent worker and can you edit your own posts?
-Are you available to post at least 1 post a day, especially on weekdays?Please send any past work you have written on baseball and any links to your own blog or blogs you have contributed to.
There may be a three week trial period to show that you are “right for the job” before you get paid, depending on your current experience and track record.
It’s a little odd, isn’t it? Fangraphs has to buy data from BIS, and I presume BJ is getting a freebie there. Fangraphs only has Google Ads, which, if they are as successful as mine, means he has not even earned 100$ from them yet, while BJ has subscribers. Fangraphs invests alot more in technology than does BJ’s site. Or at least, the output of their investment is greater.
It seems to me that Fangraphs, Hardball Times, and Bill James ought to merge. They are all using the same data source. They have two sources of revenue (ads for THT and subscribers for BJ). They have two outlets for paying their writers (Fangraphs on their blog, and THT in their annual).
I might even be assimilated by this collective. And all together, we’ll be half as successful as Sean Forman.