A Conversation with Ed Malyon on The Athletic Disrupting UK Soccer Media

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Grant has an in-depth discussion with Ed Malyon, the managing director of The Athletic UK, about the website’s sweeping efforts to hire dozens of writers and editors and disrupt soccer coverage in the UK. Malyon, whose fiancée is American, also talks about his recent move across the Atlantic to Chicago and his fascination with American sports other than soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Hey there, I'm Grant Wall.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Planet Football Podcast.
0:31.0	This week's interview guest is Ed Malian, who's the Chicago-based managing
0:36.1	director of the athletic UK and overseeing one of the most intriguing expansions
0:42.3	in world soccer media.
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0:48.0	S.I's weekly soccer video series that I co-host with Louise Miguel Etchagori. We have interviews, debate, and thoughtful opinions on the game we all love. That's Planet Football TV.
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1:02.0	Our guest today is Ed Malian. He's the managing director of the Athletic UK which has burst
1:09.7	on to the scene this summer hiring dozens of new writers and editors covering soccer in the UK and seeking
1:16.7	to be a disruptor in the coverage of soccer over there and globally.
1:21.5	You might remember I interviewed Ed on this podcast during World Cup 2018 in
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