Photo-illustration — ALEX MESSMER
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
So since we’ve had this wonderful little influx of subscribers this month — 327 in gift subscriptions alone, and thank you for that! — I thought this might be a nice time to welcome newcomers and share a little about what happens here.
On a weekly basis, you can expect:
• Extensive on-location, inside-the-room coverage of the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates, including travel to all Steelers road games, plus key Penguins and Pirates road games.
• 4-5 full-length columns, written mostly in the traditional newspaper style, albeit with links, locker-room videos and other online-specific elements.
• Immediate reaction to breaking news in the News/views format.
• The Tuesday 12 Qs, a live chat session that tackles your questions, no holds barred.
• The Friday Insider, our most popular feature, collects information gleaned throughout the week about all of our teams, then spills it all out.
• Our videos go beyond the column accompaniments, now including a Morning Java video commentary each Wednesday and a one-on-one interview each Thursday.
• All podcasts of all TV and radio appearances are accessible here.
• Our commenting platform, which is on the verge of a dramatic upgrade, will still count as its strongest asset a robust, knowledgeable and passionate community of Pittsburgh sports fans. We’d love to have you join us not just in reading but also participating. Click any post, then scroll down. Only your very first comment has to clear moderation. All the rest go up immediately.
• Our state-of-the-art mobile apps, which also will be getting that commenting upgrade, are free to subscribers. Just choose Apple or Android and download away. Click app support if you need help.
If you ever have any other questions, large or small, about the site or how to use it, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]. We’ll be happy to fix it, but we do ask that you email rather than reaching out through other means.
Once again, welcome to all, and thanks to existing subscribers for your support and for adding so many friends and relatives. Hope this helps the newcomers feel a little more at home.
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December 26, 2014
Offering our many newcomers a hand
by Dejan Kovacevic • Site stuff • Special
Photo-illustration — ALEX MESSMER
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
So since we’ve had this wonderful little influx of subscribers this month — 327 in gift subscriptions alone, and thank you for that! — I thought this might be a nice time to welcome newcomers and share a little about what happens here.
On a weekly basis, you can expect:
• Extensive on-location, inside-the-room coverage of the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates, including travel to all Steelers road games, plus key Penguins and Pirates road games.
• 4-5 full-length columns, written mostly in the traditional newspaper style, albeit with links, locker-room videos and other online-specific elements.
• Immediate reaction to breaking news in the News/views format.
• The Tuesday 12 Qs, a live chat session that tackles your questions, no holds barred.
• The Friday Insider, our most popular feature, collects information gleaned throughout the week about all of our teams, then spills it all out.
• Our videos go beyond the column accompaniments, now including a Morning Java video commentary each Wednesday and a one-on-one interview each Thursday.
• All podcasts of all TV and radio appearances are accessible here.
• Our commenting platform, which is on the verge of a dramatic upgrade, will still count as its strongest asset a robust, knowledgeable and passionate community of Pittsburgh sports fans. We’d love to have you join us not just in reading but also participating. Click any post, then scroll down. Only your very first comment has to clear moderation. All the rest go up immediately.
• Our state-of-the-art mobile apps, which also will be getting that commenting upgrade, are free to subscribers. Just choose Apple or Android and download away. Click app support if you need help.
If you ever have any other questions, large or small, about the site or how to use it, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]. We’ll be happy to fix it, but we do ask that you email rather than reaching out through other means.
Once again, welcome to all, and thanks to existing subscribers for your support and for adding so many friends and relatives. Hope this helps the newcomers feel a little more at home.