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Deadspin / Kevin Draper / Nov 18, 2016
“Simmons isn’t yet, and doesn’t necessarily deserve to be, a failure, and after just five months it’s too early to definitively say what the Ringer is or will be. But HBO canceled Simmons’s TV show, the Ringer is struggling to find its way in a competitive market, and the Bill Simmons Media Group is an independent entity without major corporate backing or a track record of success. It’s fair to take stock of where exactly the enterprise stands.”
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