English Soccer Club Sets Up Tight Defense, but This One Repels Journalists – The New York Times

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English Club Shuts Out Journalists With New Kind of Defense

In a move that reflects a shifting media landscape, Swindon Town F.C. has largely barred reporters from interviewing players and coaches, and it plans to provide its own content.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/sports/soccer/english-soccer-club-sets-up-tight-defense-but-this-one-repels-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Lee Power, the Swindon owner, who put the policy in place, acknowledged the irony of giving an interview to explain the decision but defended the policy because, he said, “at the end of the day, the local paper needs the football club more than the football club needs the local paper.”