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EXPN Rebranded as ESPN Action Sports, Yawn
EXPN.com, ESPN’s action sports website has rebranded and relaunched tonight as ESPN Action Sports and has now been integrated onto the main ESPN website. I don’t really have a whole lot to say about this matter. Personally, I liked EXPN as a stand-alone brand better. It helped separate it, even if only a little, from the big corpo giant and mainstream sports. Football and skateboarding news just don’t mix and neither does baseball and surfing.
Here’s the bottom line. This is just a move to boost viewership to their action sports content. Which, from a business perspective makes complete sense and would be expected. But it does nothing to improve on the unauthentic content ESPN is putting out around action sports. Which, is the first area they should work on improving if they want to be taken serious. And until they do, I’ll continue consuming content from people who actually ride, not the suits chillin’ behind their desks on Madison Avenue.
Posted by Cameron on Monday, January 5th, 2009 in Brands.
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January 5th, 2009 at 2:17 am
Seems like the only thing ESPN has worth a lick are the X Games. That little stunt charade they had a new years eve would hardly be considered action sports, unless Evel Knevel is the godfather of action sports.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Homer Simpson: Boooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiinnnngg
5ones you guys hit the nail on the head here. So much for their lackluster attempt.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I clicked on that image cause I thought it was a real poll. doh! Even the X Games are sucking now. Remember when they tried to eliminate skate vert from it?
January 6th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
The X-Games will be taken over by the Dew Tour soon.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I’m not even an extreme sports enthusiast but I TOTALLY agree with you — this is a terrible idea from a branding standpoint, even if there are other good reasons for doing it.
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