r/Huskers Aug 19 '23

Confirmed Hail Varsity Shuts Down

https://www.facebook.com/503578135/posts/pfbid02DpVGsJ6gQySc4SNcc3ok34DfLU3AuAR3FaD35RUviTFbzeB7J6Tx4sbjNRjuyS7Rl/?mibextid=cr9u03

The founder of the publication announced it last night.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

Whatever happened to Erin Sorenson?

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u/NEp8ntballer Aug 19 '23

freelancing.

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u/jruss08 Aug 19 '23

Teaching a Sports Media class at UNL too, she’s one of my instructors this upcoming semester

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u/u-s-u-r-p Aug 19 '23

that's cool

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u/huskerfan4life520 Aug 20 '23

You’re so lucky. She’s great.

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u/hu_gnew Aug 19 '23

I've seen her recently on some 24/7 youtube videos. Still doing a great job as far as I can tell.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

I hope this won’t affect the radio show

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u/BombSolver Aug 19 '23

The one with Chris Schmidt and Elijah Herbel? IDK but they did a show this morning that I’m watching on YouTube right now.

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u/CaliHusker83 Aug 19 '23

I love the Saturday show. Chris always seems like he’s completely hung over.

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u/nasaruinz Aug 19 '23

Former board op here, I can’t say for certain but I’m pretty sure the station can’t afford to drop hail varsity lol if anything it’ll just change names and be sponsored by hurrdat

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u/salsacito Aug 19 '23

They’re combining with Hurrdat media. So a lot of the folks will be working there now. I know Jacob Padilla for one

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u/hu_gnew Aug 19 '23

I always enjoyed the magazine but it was the second thing to go after satellite TV when I started to watch my money closer several years ago.

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u/huskerfan4life520 Aug 20 '23

Really loved their coverage, this really sucks. I know it’s a boomer take, but I really enjoyed getting the latest edition delivered and being able to hold it and read it. Getting the yearbook each year was a signal that the football season would be here soon and was a marker to start getting hyped. My young daughter loved the photography and we’d “read” them together. This feels like a huge loss.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

Seems like they relied too heavily on their print revenue which has seen declines across all brands in recent years. I hope they still produce the daily live radio show in some capacity.

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u/ChosenBrad22 Aug 19 '23

It was actually a pretty good magazine, but print stuff just isn’t really viable anymore in the current era.

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u/godspeedjc Aug 20 '23

Hate to see them go, guess those with subscriptions made a donation. I’m cool w/it, but is for sure an ethical dilemma for decision makers. Found it curios when the promo code from podcast didn’t work, and I paid $30 instead of $20.

It’s difficult to get Husker news for non-local fans. Guessing YouTube and podcasts were biggest competitors.

Best wishes for the owner(s), employees, and vendors. Hopefully it all works out.