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Mike Greenberg: I Will Say F-Word on Pat McAfee Show If Aaron Rodgers Isn’t A Jet

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No one can reasonably say they expect something obscene to be said when Mike Greenberg is on TV or radio. The man takes his reputation as a professional and the face of ESPN seriously. However, he says he is willing to put it all on the line if Aaron Rodgers does not end up with his beloved New York Jets, as the two-time MVP promised last month on The Pat McAfee Show.

Greenberg joined Pat McAfee on Tuesday and said that he is at his wits’ end with the trade that is supposedly coming between the Jets and the Green Bay Packers. His hopes for the Jets with Rodgers under center are so high, that he made McAfee a promise.

“I’ve never cursed on the air in my life. In my entire life!” he said proudly. “I’ve been a professional broadcaster since 1990 and I’ve never cursed on the air. If the Jets don’t get Aaron, if somehow this thing winds up that he either retires or plays on another team, I will come on this show and I will say the f-word out loud.”

McAfee was intrigued. He wondered if he could convince Mike Greenberg to come on and say the f-word in celebration if Rodgers does end up in New York.

Initially, Greenberg said that it would only happen if the Jets win the Super Bowl, but then set the bar a bit lower.

“In fact, if he gets to the Super Bowl, I will come on the day after the AFC Championship game, when we have just beaten Cincinnati 27-26, and I will come on here and I will – the hell with it. I’ll say anything you want.”

Mike Greenberg has a new book out this week. That is why he was on The Pat McAfee Show in the first place. Got Your Number is available in stores and online now.

Andy Baskin: NFL is ‘Messing With It’s Future’ Playing Fridays and Saturdays

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Could we see NFL football on every night of the week? Mike Florio thinks so. He told Pat McAfee that it seems like the league wants to own television in the near future with games on seven days a week. 92.3 The Fan’s Andy Baskin hates the idea.

On the station’s It’s Always GameDay in Cleveland podcast this week, Baskin and co-host Daryl Ruiter agreed that the NFL could be messing with what is nearly perfect.

“I am concerned that the league is going to get too big and oversaturate its product,” Ruiter said.

Baskin took it a step further. He cited the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which says that the NFL can play games on Fridays and Saturdays, but those games cannot be broadcast during the regular seasons of high school in college football. Baskin says the act was meant to protect amateur football, but it is in the NFL’s best interest too.

“Let’s not forget that the base and the reason that you get kids to play in the NFL is because they want to be that guy on any given Sunday that can score touchdowns and the best way to provide that product and to continue to get kids to want to play is to let everybody watch them. If you’re playing on Friday night during high school football, it’s not good.”

It’s feasible that adults would stay away from high school games if NFL football were on Fridays. Even some young people might choose to do the same, but the ones that really matter to the league’s future are the ones playing the sport.

Andy Baskin isn’t opposed to the NFL’s calendar expanding each week. He just hopes the league is making the decision based on its best interests in the long term.

“It’s one thing if they want to play on Tuesday or Wednesday. I kind of get that,” he said. “But when they mess with Friday or Saturday, they’re messing with their future.”

The Athletic CCO: ‘Sports Fans Want Advertising’

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The Athletic CCO: ‘Sports Fans Want Advertising’

Most of us would prefer to skip through commercials. It is why DVR took off the way that it did and forever changed how we watch television. Sebastian Tomich, the Chief Commercial Officer of The Athletic, thinks differently.

As the subscription-based site begins integrating advertising, he isn’t worried about the user’s reaction.

“Sports fans almost want advertising to be part of their experience because they are used to all the integrations you see when you go to games and when you watch on TV,” Tomich told Ad Exchanger. “The field is so ripe to do creative things.”

When it launched, The Athletic prioritized an ad-free experience. The company’s goal was to generate all of its revenue from subscriptions. That plan changed when The New York Times acquired the business a little over a year ago.

As The Athletic begins to expand its offerings in the video and audio space, Tomich says the company does have a plan. Not all forms of advertising will be on the table.

“Pre-roll video is the one thing I know people will pay to get out of,” he said. “We’re paid products, so it’s hard for us to do pre-roll. You see it in the comments when a journalist inserts a YouTube video into the content and pre-roll ads show up with it. You get a lot of negative feedback, and we didn’t even sell the advertising.”

He told Ad Exchanger that he saw the most lucrative opportunity in the company’s app. Tomich envisions different brands owning different parts of the app, even coverage of a specific team.

Boomer Esiason: Jim Nantz’s Tenure Calling the Final Four ‘Incredible’

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CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz concluded his illustrious run of NCAA Tournament broadcasts with last night’s National Championship Game, and many took time to reflect on his accomplishments, including WFAN’s Boomer Esiason.

During Boomer & Gio Tuesday, the show discussed the UConn victory over San Diego State, and the topic of Nantz’s departure came up.

As the show played Nantz’s final moments on the broadcast, assembled members began to mockingly laugh as Nantz said “thank you for being my friend”, which he insisted was not a play on his traditional greeting of “Hello, friends” at the start of each broadcast.

“You guys are awful,” Boomer Esiason said. “The guy’s been around for 37 years doing this!”

“Yes, and he’ll be there this week at Augusta National,” replied update anchor Jerry Recco, noting Nantz wasn’t retiring but simply leaving CBS Sports’ coverage of the NCAA Tournament.

“It will be a different set of emotions. I’ve been here for 16 years. He’s been doing that for 37 years,” Esiason added. “It’s incredible.”

Producers then played a portion of The Golden Girls theme song — “Thank You For Being A Friend” — in sync with Nantz’s goodbye message.

“The ‘thank you for being my friend’ was a bit much,” co-host Gregg Giannotti joked.

Esiason also took the time to note that should Ian Eagle — the broadcaster who will replace Nantz as the lead play-by-play voice of the tournament for CBS Sports — wish to broadcast the event until he is 84 years old, he will still only have 30 tournaments under his belt compared to Nantz’s 37.

WrestleMania 39 Sets Viewership, Revenue Records for WWE

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WWE has announced that WrestleMania 39 will go down as the most successful event in company history.

The wrestling promotion says the two-night, sold-out event in Los Angeles set a global viewership record. The audience for Sunday night’s event eclipsed the previous record by 33%. Saturday’s coverage saw a 28% growth of the already standing record.

With an attendance of 161,892, WWE brought in a gate of $21.6 million, breaking the previous high by more than 27%.

Additionally, the company secured more than $20 million in sponsorship revenue for the two-day event, which more than doubled the past best performances.

On social media, more than 500 million views and 11 million hours of video were consumed during the event, which is a 42% increase compared to 2022.

Ben Shapiro: ‘Kind of Absurd’ How Networks Covered Donald Trump’s Plane on Runway

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Yesterday, former President Donald Trump flew from Florida to New York in preparation for his arraignment on 34 felonies in the Empire State. News organizations featured extensive coverage of the travel, which The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro balked at.

During The Ben Shapiro Show Tuesday, the host claimed that the media was obviously going to cover the developments, but didn’t know that it would look like this. “The media are going whole hog wall to wall on the coverage,” Shapiro said.

He then noted that Trump has always been the subject of more media attention due to his “incredible story”. Shapiro pointed out that anyone who had appeared on the cover of Playboy before ascending to the office of the presidency was destined to receive differing media coverage.

Shapiro then turned his attention to the coverage yesterday, before noting that it was slightly overblown in his eyes.

“I mean, if this were a novel, you would not actually believe this was happening. Because, again, this would be a bad novel, but it is in fact a reality. So there’s a reason why the media are covering this stuff. You can’t exactly blame them,” Shapiro admitted. “Although, I will say that watching all four networks simultaneously covering Donald Trump’s plane on the on the runway, it was kind of absurd.”

NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Sees Record-Breaking Audience

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The stars had aligned for the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Game.

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has grown wildly in popularity, while LSU’s Angel Reese has proven to be one of the best players in the country. The Tigers are coached by the legendary Kim Mulkey. Many wondered if the title matchup would be the most-watched game in the tournament’s history.

Ultimately, it did reach that record. The contest saw an average of 9.9 million viewers, peaking at 12.6 million. That figure represents a 103% increase over last year’s South Carolina/UConn final.

Additionally, ESPN claims the broadcast is the most-watched college sporting event in the history of the ESPN+ streaming service.

The record-breaking viewership total continues the trend ESPN has experienced with the 2023 tournament. First-round viewership saw a 27% increase compared to 2022.

The news of the massive audience for the Championship Game comes on the heels of new NCAA President Charlie Baker claiming the organization is “going to work really hard” on securing a separate television contract for the event. Currently, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is included in the NCAA’s television deal with ESPN for 29 championship events. That contract pays the NCAA $34 million per season.

According to a study commissioned by the NCAA, the Women’s Basketball Tournament could be worth between $80-$110 million by itself.

RSBN Receives 7-Day YouTube Ban For Airing Election Misinformation

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RSBN Receives 7-Day YouTube Ban For Airing Election Misinformation

Conservative streaming platform Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) has been handed a 7-day YouTube ban after it aired “election misinformation”.

In a statement posted to the network’s Twitter account, it claims YouTube removed videos that claimed both the 2020 U.S. and 2022 Brazil presidential elections were “stolen”. YouTube charged RSBN with being guilty of offering “content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in the 2020 U.S. presidential election or the 2022 Brazilian presidential election.”

In response, the company has removed several other videos, including former President Donald Trump’s recent campaign event in Waco, Texas, remarks he made at CPAC, and his interview with the network at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

RSBN claimed YouTube’s week-long ban coincides with Trump’s arraignment in New York, calling the ban “convenient” and “Orwellian censorship practices”.

“Rather than allowing RSBN to show a countervailing view to the mainstream media’s version of the arraignment, they are simply shutting down our efforts. Again, they are leaving millions of Americans voiceless in the face of tyranny,” the RSBN statement read.

YouTube’s policies against misinformation including an increasing length of bans, with a permanent ban possible if an account receives a third “strike” in a 90-day period.

In response, RSBN says it is “fully prepared to move full steam ahead” with coverage of “pro-Trump protests” at the former President’s arraignment.

The RSBN channel features more than 1.5 million subscribers. It’s programming includes shows hosted by Michael Savage, Lara Trump, and was the home of Diamond & Silk before Diamond’s January death. Her sister — Silk — continues to host a show on the outlet.

Fired ABC News Employees Reportedly Investigating Legal Options

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Fired ABC News Employees Reportedly Investigating Legal Options

Last week, 50 ABC News staffers were let go as The Walt Disney Company institutes layoffs. Now, those employees have reportedly sought out legal advice as their next option.

According to The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright, “notoriously aggressive Hollywood lawyer” Bryan Freedman has been in contact with former ABC News reporter Chris Vlasto, Senior Vice President of Newsgathering Wendy Fisher, Senior Vice President of Talent Galen Gordon, Vice President of Talent Mary Noonan, Executive Editorial Producer Heather Riley, and Vice President of Communications Alison Rudnick.

The group took issue with the notion that moments after the final person had been notified of their job loss, the names of the executives removed and an accompanying memo had been shared with Variety.

Cartwright’s report claims family members of the staffers found out about the reductions due to the report. It also details internal strife surrounding the job that ABC News President Kim Godwin is doing. Consternation includes what some viewed as frivolous spending as The Walt Disney Company continues reductions.

In total, the company plans to remove 7,000 jobs with the hope of saving $5.5 billion after its stock price dropped by 44% in 2022.

WTAM PD Ray Davis Exits

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WTAM PD Ray Davis Exits

WTAM Program Director Ray Davis has exited the Cleveland news/talk station after 25 years in the role.

Davis spent a total of 36 years at the station and it’s predecessor WWWE.

His departure is linked to several cuts iHeartMedia has made in recent days. The company says it plans “to do everything we can to get through this difficult economic time while protecting our employee base as much as possible.”

Davis becomes the second news/talk casualty in the layoffs. WFLA morning host Jack Harris saw his position eliminated last week after 29 years with the Tampa station.

Other reductions took place at the company’s clusters in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Oklahoma City, Raleigh, Rochester, and Tampa. Programming, sales, and promotions departments in those cities were all affected by the cuts.

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