25 for 25 Industry in Memoriam: Remembering the Publications Lost in the 21st Century

The Press Box

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel are back with the second edition of The Press Box's 25 for 25. Today, they look back at the publications lost in the 21st century—including ESPN the Magazine, Gawker, and many others—and ask: What do we lose when a media company disappears? And how should we remember them, if at all? Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel D. Anderson Producer: Brian H. Waters Additional Production: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Amy Polar, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.
0:05.1	In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some advice.
0:10.6	Just be yourself, and the guests will come.
0:13.1	Don't be the celebrity that this is their, like, sixth thing they're doing.
0:16.0	I love true crime and cooking podcasts. Is there any way you could combine the two?
0:21.5	Well, everyone has an opinion and a podcast. So, join me for good hang. It's rough out there.
0:27.6	We're just trying to lighten it up a little.
0:34.6	Hello, media consumers. Welcome to Press Box.
0:38.2	Brian Curtis, Joel Anderson, and producer Brian Waters here.
0:42.6	More on Brian in just one second.
0:45.2	But Joel, this is the second podcast in our 25 for 25 series.
0:51.2	That's right.
0:51.6	And this is our tribute show, our version of the Oscars in Memorium Reel, where we honor
0:58.7	publications that are no more that have passed into the great feature well in the sky.
1:05.5	Yeah.
1:05.7	And some of that is like a theoretical death, right?
1:08.3	Like it's maybe it's just not quite the same. They've
1:12.1	moved on under another name and assumed identity or something, right? Mm-hmm. I think I want
1:18.4	this pot to do a few things. Okay. One is honor or at least remember the work our fellow
1:24.3	journalist did. Yeah. before losing their jobs.
1:28.1	Yeah.
1:29.3	Absolutely.
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