Derek Futterman

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Derek Futterman is a former associate editor and sports media reporter for Barrett Media. He previously interned for Paramount within Showtime Networks, wrote for the Long Island Herald and served as lead sports producer at NY2C. Find him on X @derekfutterman.

Day Spent With: Jim and Dawn Cutler

"What do they want? It is about making their life easy. Boiling that down to the devil in the details, what’s the point in the story?"

Carmen DeFalco is Committed to ESPN Chicago

"There’s such a great demand and appetite for sports talk because people are so passionate in a place like this about their teams."

Laura Rutledge is Thriving on Her Journey at ESPN

"They don’t need to remember what I said because I’m there to make them shine, and that will be what I hope people would say about me."

Ike Reese is Raring to Go in Afternoons With Spike Eskin at SportsRadio 94WIP

"I think there’s a healthy amount of ego in all of us and then there’s even more of a healthy amount of humility in all three of us."

Corby Davidson Expects the Next Five Years to Represent His Final Stretch at The Ticket

"I’m not going to say that I’ll be completely done with doing something of this form, but I will never work for another radio station – ever."

Breaking

How iHeartMedia’s Radio Monetization Issue Has Become Bob Pittman’s Broken Record

"If the CEO of the country’s largest radio broadcaster has spent more than a decade telling investors that the company knows exactly what is wrong, then the natural question becomes: What has been done to actually fix it?"

20 Brands in 20 Days: Allan Lamberti, WPLR, New Haven

"I think our listeners allow us to take chances now and then as long as it fits the attitude and the legacy and the brand of the station."

Why Parker Hillis Feels the Time Was Right for To Rebrand SportsRadio 610 To 95.7 The Fan

"I truly believe we have what it takes to be a number one station in men and adults... There’s a lot of buzz and we couldn’t be doing this at a better time."

What News/Talk Radio Has to Do to Compete With Low Podcasting Spot Loads

If AM/FM radio wants to hold its ground, the programming has to earn every one of those extra ad minutes.