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Evan Roberts Tells Craig Carton ‘You’re Being Used’ By NFL Teams After Floating Aaron Rodgers Rumors

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Evan Roberts Tells Craig Carton ‘You’re Being Used’ By NFL Teams After Floating Aaron Rodgers Rumors

The ongoing saga of where Aaron Rodgers will play during the 2023 season took a somewhat unexpected turn earlier this week, with WFAN and FS1 host Craig Carton saying the San Francisco 49ers could be a potential landing spot. Co-host Evan Roberts told Carton he was being used by teams in the NFL to get their message out there.

Carton’s claim that the 49ers were potentially making a run at the Green Bay quarterback created an NFL media firestorm. Roberts argued that Carton was told something by a source to try to force someone else’s hand.

“Craig, you’re just being used,” Roberts said.

“Why would anyone use me?” rebuffed Carton.

“To get the message out there to scare the Jets. It’s obvious. That’s ok,” Roberts said. “You don’t have to see it, I’ll see it for you.”

Carton then asked why if the Packers and Jets are only negotiating with each other it has taken so long to get a deal done. That’s when Roberts revealed a similar situation happened last year in his contract negotiations with WFAN.

“Let me take you back to last October. I’m gonna walk you through something,” began Roberts. “I had a contract that was running out, and me and the company negotiated. I never wanted to leave. They knew to replace me — to get someone you’d be happy with — it would cost them a hell of a lot more money. They didn’t wanna do that, so it was kind of like this inevitable ‘We’re gonna re-sign him, I’m gonna re-sign’. Yet it took a few weeks.”

“We did have a replacement for you, and he costs a lot less. He also lives in my house. ‘Minimum Wage Sonny’, we’d call him,” Carton said, alluding to his son who has sporadically guest-hosted shows at WFAN.

Roberts continued by saying the Green Bay Packers needed a “lemon” to share a story that the 49ers were interested in Rodgers to “scare” the New York Jets.

“You happened to be that lemon,” Roberts said. “This is all an attempt — and I give the Packers credit, it’s creative — to scare the Jets…they’re going to make the deal, and it’s going to happen soon.”

“I didn’t put it out there to get attention. You saw the correspondence I got,” Carton said. “I’m not a click-bait guy. People that don’t know me — nationally — can say whatever they want, I don’t care.”

“Craig, you’re doing nothing wrong, you’re just being used,” concluded Roberts.

Danny Parkins: Jim Nantz Is ‘A Cornball in An Endearing Sort of Way’

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Jim Nantz has concluded his tenure announcing the NCAA Tournament with CBS Sports and departed the assignment with much fanfare. 670 The Score’s Danny Parkins wondered what Nantz is really giving up.

While Nantz is leaving the Tournament coverage, he admitted recently that he is only reducing his commitments to a “40-week a year travel schedule”.

“He’s literally giving up three weeks a year of broadcasting, but one of those three weeks, he’s still gonna go to the Final Four because he’s not turning over the trophy presentation duties to Ian Eagle,” Parkins said during Parkins & Spiegel Tuesday. “I love Nantz, and I would say this to him if he were on the show: what an ego move.”

“What a weirdo,” joked Matt Spiegel. “He stood there and he watched ‘One Shining Moment’ on the jumbo screen.”

“Sure, he’s a little corny. He scripts his final calls. But that guy…he was able to pick anywhere in the country that he wanted to live because he was doing national (games),” Parkins continued. “He almost picked Chicago…but then he realized ‘Wait, I love golf and good weather’. So he picked Pebble Beach. He is a sports dork. I think he’s great. I think Jim Nantz is a cornball, but in an endearing sort of way.”

Parkins continued by mentioning that the final moments of the National Championship Game were slightly awkward because of the give-and-take with Nantz and his analysts.

“It was weird because (Bill) Raftery and Grant Hill kept wanting to make it about Nantz and then Nantz was like ‘It’s their moment, not mine‘, but then he couldn’t help but talk about it at the end,” said Parkins. “As CBS was going to break, he was getting played off by his own network. The whole scene was very bizarre. He’s giving up literally three weekends of broadcasting and two weekends of travel. Nothing is really changing in Jim Nantz’s world, and frankly, Ian Eagle will probably do a better job.”

MSNBC Announces New Midday Show For Ana Cabrera

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MSNBC Announces New Midday Show For Ana Cabrera

After leaving CNN for MSNBC at the end of last year, Ana Cabrera now has her biggest assignment for the network: a new midday show.

Ana Cabrera Reports will debut on Monday, April 10th. The program will air at 10:00 AM ET.

“The launch of Ana Cabrera Reports comes as MSNBC continues to invest in new programming and across streaming, audio, newsletters; and builds on the six-year winning streak of MSNBC over CNN in total day and prime time,” the statement continues. “Cabrera will join the MSNBC Reports lineup of breaking news anchors including José Díaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Jansing, Katy Tur, Alex Witt, and Yasmin Vossoughian.”

In a tweet announcing the move, Cabrera said “I just stepped into my new home away from home. Thrilled to join the team and hope you will join us at 10 am ET every day!”

Texas Sports Betting Bill Unlikely To Get a Vote

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Texas Sports Betting Bill Unlikely To Get a Vote

Residents of the Lone Star State that like to place bets on games will likely have to continue to utilize offshore books. Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is not optimistic that the state will legalize sports gambling anytime soon.

He said that he is not even going to bring a bill to the State Senate floor if he does not know for sure that his party will support it.

“Unless I have 15 to 16 Republicans, meaning it’s a Republican-driven bill because we’re a Republican-driven state, I’m not bringing a bill to the floor,” he told KXAN in Austin. “I need Republican consensus otherwise, it’s a Democrat bill.”

Republicans in the State House voted to advance bills that would legalize mobile betting in the state. The effort is backed by a coalition of sportsbooks and professional teams in Texas. Still, Patrick doesn’t see the Senate getting on board.

“Our members have been clear: they’re not in support today. We don’t have any votes in the Senate.”

It may be a political issue for Patrick, but sports gambling has support amongst Texans. According to Texas Sports Betting Alliance, GeoComply, a technology that identifies users where sports betting is illegal, blocked more than 73,000 betting attempts from Texas during the opening week of March Madness.

CNN Adds Former Manhattan Chief Assistant DA As Legal Analyst

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CNN Adds Former Manhattan Chief Assistant DA As Legal Analyst

CNN has announced the addition of attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo as a new on-air legal analyst for the network.

Agnifilo served as the Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office under the direction of former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., who departed the office in 2021. As the Chief Assistant District Attorney, Agnifilo was the Acting District Attorney while Vance was out of the jurisdiction.

She worked in the office for 14 years, including four years as the Deputy Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit. She also worked in the Homicide Investigation Unit, the Asian Gang Unit, and the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau.

The addition of Agnifilo by CNN comes as all eyes in the news media landscape turn toward the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Current Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged former President Donald Trump with 34 felonies.

Dan Le Batard: ‘Now We Know Why Endeavor Wouldn’t Comment On Dana White’ After WWE Deal

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Dan Le Batard: ‘Now We Know Why Endeavor Wouldn’t Comment On Dana White’ After WWE Deal

Earlier this week, UFC parent company Endeavor officially announced a deal to merge the organization with WWE to create a more than $20 billion company. Dan Le Batard believes the deal is the reason Endeavor never made a public stance after UFC President Dana White publicly assaulted his wife.

McMahon utilized WWE funds to silence allegations of sexual misconduct from employees. In total, McMahon paid his accusers more than $19 million for their silence. He subsequently announced his retirement from the organization in July of last year before returning and re-electing himself as the company’s Executive Chairman in January.

During The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Tuesday, the former ESPN Radio host claimed the public controversies from Vince McMahon likely prohibited Endeavor from reprimanding White.

“I try to abstain from just the eviscerating of human character. Vince McMahon? Truly horrible…He’s back in power. He’s running WrestleMania,” Le Batard lamented. “Vince McMahon is back in power, and maybe you don’t care. Maybe you think it’s a small thing. But now you know why Endeavor didn’t comment on Dana White. Now you know. They couldn’t have two of them in a cage while the deal was being done. Because the deal wasn’t done yesterday. They couldn’t jeopardize the WWE deal. The $9 billion deal that now goes totally dirty, run by two kings who have no consequences for anything.

“I’m sure it’ll be a profitable great business and streaming. How can it not be? But what’s running both organizations and the labor being grounded into the fighters using their actual body just thrown into the mill here, so they can make their money so the two awful ones without consequences can make their money? Maybe it doesn’t bother you. Maybe you just want it to be fake sports, wrestling, and mixed martial arts. I’ll enjoy the fight in Miami on Saturday. Like I can make moral grandstands. I can raise my face and be infuriated, but I’ll be a hypocrite like I’ll be a hypocrite on what I’m watching where the party is.”

Stugotz agreed that many viewers likely don’t care what happens inside the company. He believed their only concern was that they’re entertained. Le Batard agreed before pleading for accountability for the new company’s leaders.

“Just don’t let it happen quietly. What’s happening at the top of that company, and what the men at the top of that company are accused of doing, and how they cash in any way because there are no consequences for them. Whether it’s rape allegations or video of you hitting your wife in public.”

CBS Sees Record Low Ratings With National Championship Game

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CBS Sees Record Low Ratings With National Championship Game

Many lamented the lack of a “blue blood” college basketball program in the Final Four and openly questioned whether the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game would be the lowest rated ever. We now have the answer, and it wasn’t positive news for CBS.

Monday’s title game averaged 14.69 million viewers. That number represents a 15% decrease from last year’s Kansas/North Carolina matchup that aired on TBS, TNT, and truTV. The total viewing figure is the lowest-rated and least-watched title game.

The previous low came when Villanova defeated Michigan in 2018. An average of 16 million viewers watched that broadcast on TBS, TNT, and truTV.

The lowest National Championship Game broadcast on CBS before Monday night’s tilt was Baylor’s defeat of Gonzaga in 2021. An average audience of 17.1 million watched that contest.

Even though the broadcast was the lowest championship game on record, its total viewership still eclipsed the deciding game of last season’s NBA Finals. 13.99 million tuned into ABC to see the Golden State Warriors defeat the Boston Celtics. The UConn/San Diego State also outdrew the record-high audience of 9.9 million for the women’s national championship game that aired on ABC Sunday afternoon.

The news of the least-watched National Championship Game counters highs seen in the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Round of 64 saw previously unseen heights in viewership, averaging 9.2 million viewers between CBS, TNT, TBS, truTV, and the March Madness Live streaming platform.

In total, this year’s March Madness coverage saw an average of 9.55 million viewers per broadcast window. That is a 7% decrease compared to 2022.

Acast Strikes Podcasting Deal With The Obamas

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Higher Ground — the production company created by Barack and Michelle Obama — has reached a deal with podcast platform Acast.

The company will handle advertising sales and distribution for the Obamas podcast portfolio. Current shows produced by the former President’s company include The Big Hit Show with Alex Pappademas, Renegades: Born in the USA with President Obama and Bruce Springsteen, and The Sum of Us with Heather McGhee.

The new deal with Acast is completely separate from Higher Ground’s current contract with Audible. Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast began releasing episodes in March, and has a two-week exclusivity on the Audible platform before being distributed to other podcast outlets.

Previously, the Obamas had a deal with Spotify. That contract was signed in 2019 and ended in 2022 with the two sides failing to come to an extension.

“We’ve been deeply impressed by the creativity and innovation of the Acast team,” head of audio for Higher Ground Dan Fierman said in a statement. “We are excited to work with their team to bring our growing slate of audio content to existing fans and new audiences.”

“Higher Ground continues to deliver among the most engaging and high-caliber audio content in the industry, and we look forward to teaming up with them to make vital storytelling available to communities all over the globe,” said Acast CEO Ross Adams. “This relationship marks an exciting new chapter not only for Acast but for the audio industry at large, as we work hand-in-hand to make the world a more connected place.”

April Ryan Joins MSNBC As Contributor

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Longtime White House correspondent April Ryan has joined MSNBC as a contributor and made her first appearance with the network during Morning Joe Tuesday.

Ryan has previous cable news experience. She worked as a political analyst for CNN in addition to working as a White House correspondent and Washington D.C. bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks from 1997 to 2020.

Ryan has worked for digital news outlet TheGrio since 2021. TheGrio describes itself as providing “the latest news and breaking Black news for U.S., world, entertainment, politics, and health for African Americans.”

She serves as the publication’s Washington D.C. Bureau Chief. Ryan is the longest-serving Black woman in the White House Press Corps and is one of only four African-Americans to join the board of the White House Correspondents Association in its history.

The 55-year-old Ryan was named the 2017 Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists.

Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Leads to Boosts For CNBC, Fox Business

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Leads to Boosts For CNBC, Fox Business

The economy was heavily in the news focus to begin the week of Mar. 13, following the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). It marked the largest U.S. bank failure since the 2007-08 financial crisis. Within the first two weeks of March, SVB, Silvergate Bank, and Signature Bank, all collapsed. Major companies like Roku and Roblox had significant funds associated with SVB.

On Mar. 13, just prior to the 9:30 a.m. ET opening of the U.S. markets on Wall Street, President Biden held a five-minute press conference to assure protection for SVB customers and depositors while none would be available to investors and shareholders.

Due to this news on Mar. 13, financial networks CNBC and Fox Business Network each saw mostly significant boosts from their normal levels, according to Nielsen Media Research. The following are each program’s deliveries and percentage differences in comparison to their respective prior Monday (Mar. 6, 2023) results:

CNBC

  • Squawk Box (6-9 a.m.): 160,000 viewers (+72%); 37,000 adults 25-54 (+131%)
  • Squawk on the Street (9 a.m.-noon): 308,000 viewers (+46%); 69,000 adults 25-54 (+28%)
  • Fast Money Halftime Report (noon-1 p.m.): 312,000 viewers (+29%); 62,000 adults 25-54 (+24%)
  • The Exchange (1-2 p.m.): 265,000 viewers (+27%); 64,000 adults 25-54 (+7%)
  • Power Lunch (2-3 p.m.): 210,000 viewers (+24%); 39,000 adults 25-54 (-19%)
  • Closing Bell (3-4 p.m.): 247,000 viewers (+33%); 36,000 adults 25-54 (-37%)
  • Closing Bell: Overtime (4-5 p.m.): 235,000 viewers (+33%); 34,000 adults 25-54 (-38%)
  • Fast Money (5-6 p.m.): 211,000 viewers (+26%); 36,000 adults 25-54 (+9%)

Fox Business Network

  • Mornings with Maria Bartiromo (6-9 a.m.): 114,000 viewers (+5%); 16,000 adults 25-54 (+65%)
  • Varney & Company (9 a.m.-noon): 333,000 viewers (+31%); 22,000 adults 25-54 (+69%)
  • Cavuto Coast to Coast (noon-1 p.m.): 246,000 viewers (+71%); 24,000 adults 25-54 (+41%)
  • The Big Money Show (1-2 p.m.): 158,000 viewers (+22%); 12,000 adults 25-54 (-25%)
  • Making Money (2-3 p.m.): 194,000 viewers (+60%); 16,000 adults 25-54 (+78%)
  • The Claman Countdown (3-4 p.m.): 234,000 viewers (+56%); 22,000 adults 25-54 (+100%)
  • Kudlow (4-5 p.m.): 332,000 viewers (+16%); 37,000 adults 25-54 (+118%)
  • The Evening Edit (5-6 p.m.): 213,000 viewers (+5%); 28,000 adults 25-54 (+367%)
  • The Bottom Line (6-7 p.m.): 248,000 viewers (+44%); 32,000 adults 25-54 (+129%)

Total viewership was up by double-digit percentages on both business outlets throughout the entire daytime but figures in the key 25-54 demographic clearly waned for CNBC in the afternoon hours.

Cable news averages for March 13-19, 2023:

Total Day (Mar. 13-19 @ 6 a.m.-5:59 a.m.)

  • Fox News Channel: 1.286 million viewers; 150,000 adults 25-54
  • MSNBC: 0.695 million viewers; 76,000 adults 25-54
  • CNN: 0.395 million viewers; 80,000 adults 25-54
  • CNBC: 0.128 million viewers; 29,000 adults 25-54
  • Fox Business Network: 0.119 million viewers; 12,000 adults 25-54
  • The Weather Channel: 0.098 million viewers; 16,000 adults 25-54
  • HLN: 0.094 million viewers; 26,000 adults 25-54
  • Newsmax: 0.081 million viewers; 8,000 adults 25-54

Prime Time (Mar. 13-18 @ 8-11 p.m.; Mar. 19 @ 7-11 p.m.)

  • Fox News Channel: 1.985 million viewers; 219,000 adults 25-54
  • MSNBC: 1.105 million viewers; 100,000 adults 25-54
  • CNN: 0.383 million viewers; 84,000 adults 25-54
  • CNBC: 0.149 million viewers; 49,000 adults 25-54
  • The Weather Channel: 0.128 million viewers; 23,000 adults 25-54
  • Newsmax: 0.101 million viewers; 13,000 adults 25-54
  • NewsNation: 0.092 million viewers; 17,000 adults 25-54
  • HLN: 0.087 million viewers; 26,000 adults 25-54
  • Fox Business Network: 0.065 million viewers; 10,000 adults 25-54

Top 10 most-watched cable news programs (and the top programs of other outlets with their respective associated ranks) in total viewers:

1. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.344 million viewers

2. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Wed. 3/15/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.208 million viewers

3. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Tue. 3/14/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.139 million viewers

4. The Five (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.060 million viewers

5. The Five (FOXNC, Tue. 3/14/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.026 million viewers

6. The Five (FOXNC, Wed. 3/15/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.956 million viewers

7. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Thu. 3/16/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.904 million viewers

8. The Five (FOXNC, Thu. 3/16/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.746 million viewers

9. Jesse Watters Primetime (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 7:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.713 million viewers

10. Jesse Watters Primetime (FOXNC, Tue. 3/14/2023 7:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.587 million viewers

16. Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC, Mon. 3/13/2023 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.365 million viewers

157. Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, Fri. 3/17/2023 10:01 PM, 57 min.) 0.823 million viewers

172. Fareed Zakaria: GPS (CNN, Sun. 3/19/2023 10:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.736 million viewers

345. The Daily Show “Mar 14, 23 – Kal Penn” (CMDY, Tue. 3/14/2023 11:00 PM, 35 min.) 0.392 million viewers

353. Varney & Company (FBN, Fri. 3/17/2023 10:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.381 million viewers

354. Last Week Tonight (HBO, Sun. 3/19/2023 11:00 PM, 35 min.) 0.380 million viewers

384. Fast Money Halftime Report (CNBC, Mon. 3/13/2023 12:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.312 million viewers

385. Heavy Rescue: 401 “(701) Oh Boy, What A Mess” (TWC, Sun. 3/19/2023 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.311 million viewers

465. Forensic Files (HLN, late Fri. 3/17/2023 4:30 AM, 30 min.) 0.217 million viewers

631. Cuomo (NWSN, Wed. 3/15/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.140 million viewers

Top 10 cable news programs (and the top  programs of other outlets with their respective associated ranks) among adults 25-54:

1. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.471 million adults 25-54

2. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Tue. 3/14/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.450 million adults 25-54

3. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Wed. 3/15/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.346 million adults 25-54

4. The Five (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.335 million adults 25-54

5. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Thu. 3/16/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.316 million adults 25-54

6. Gutfeld! (FOXNC, Wed. 3/15/2023 11:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.315 million adults 25-54

7. Hannity (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.313 million adults 25-54

8. The Five (FOXNC, Tue. 3/14/2023 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.302 million adults 25-54

9. Gutfeld! (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 11:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.291 million adults 25-54

10. Jesse Watters Primetime (FOXNC, Mon. 3/13/2023 7:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.288 million adults 25-54

36. Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC, Mon. 3/13/2023 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.195 million adults 25-54

73. The Daily Show “Mar 14, 23 – Kal Penn” (CMDY, Tue. 3/14/2023 11:00 PM, 35 min.) 0.157 million adults 25-54

86. Erin Burnett Outfront (CNN, Mon. 3/13/2023 7:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.146 million adults 25-54

87. Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, Fri. 3/17/2023 10:01 PM, 57 min.) 0.145 million adults 25-54

237. Shark Tank “Shark Tank 1313” (CNBC, Sun. 3/19/2023 10:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.091 million adults 25-54

250. Last Week Tonight (HBO, Sun. 3/19/2023 11:00 PM, 35 min.) 0.087 million adults 25-54

305. Forensic Files (HLN, late Sat. 3/18/2023 5:00 AM, 30 min.) 0.074 million adults 25-54

306. Heavy Rescue: 401 “(701) Oh Boy, What A Mess” (TWC, Sun. 3/19/2023 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.074 million adults 25-54

429. Mornings with Maria Bartiromo (FBN, Tue. 3/14/2023 8:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.050 million adults 25-54

555. Cuomo (NWSN, Wed. 3/15/2023 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.034 million adults 25-54

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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