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Disney Investor Backs Off Push For ESPN Sale

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Disney Investor Backs Off Push For ESPN Sale

Daniel Loeb, who has been described as an “activist investor”, is walking back his stance that The Walt Disney Company should sell ESPN.

During a Twitter thread Sunday, Loeb said he now “has a better understanding of ESPN’s potential as a standalone business and another vertical for Disney to reach a global audience to generate ad and subscriber revenues”.

During an interview last week, Disney CEO Bob Chapek told Variety no less than 100 entities expressed an interest in exploring a purchase of ESPN, before saying the network isn’t for sale. He also said Disney has “a plan for it that will restore ESPN to its growth trajectory. When the rest of the world knows what our plans are, they will be as confident about that proposition as we are.”

In August, Loeb called for Disney to spin off ESPN as the network would then have “greater flexibility to pursue business initiatives that may be more difficult as part of Disney, such as sports betting” noting the parent company’s more “family friendly” image as a hinderance to ESPN.

Allen Power Named New Salem Broadcast Media President

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Allen Power will succeed David Santrella as Salem Media Group’s new President of Broadcast Media in 2023. Santrella was promoted to CEO earlier this year.

“Allen Power and I have worked and collaborated closely for 18 of my 21 years with Salem,” said Santrella. “His keen operational experience combined with his strong hand of leadership provide a perfect combination to build a better future for the broadcast division.”

Power has been a Vice President of the company since 2000, joining after serving as the GM of a pair of stations in Greenville, South Carolina.

“My years with Salem have been the most rewarding of my career so far,” Power said. “Our dual focus on doing well while doing good provides a culture unique in media. I’m grateful for the leadership of our founders Edward Atsinger and Stuart Epperson, and grateful to Dave Santrella and (CEO) David Evans for the opportunity to play this role as our company continues to grow as a multimedia platform.”

Clear Channel Founder Lowry Mays Dies

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Clear Channel founder Lowry Mays has died at the age of 87.

Mays, who launched his radio company as San Antonio Broadcasting Company before renaming it Clear Channel Communications after purchasing WOAI in San Antonio, died Monday.

Mays grew the company to be the nation’s largest radio broadcaster, taking advantage of new legislation put in place under the Telecom Act of 1996. Now branded as iHeartMedia, Mays oversaw the company’s purchase of more than 1,200 radio stations, 750,000 billboards, 41 television stations, and event company Live Nation.

After entering both the Texas Business Hall of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame, Mays stepped away from day-to-day operations of the company after suffering a stroke in 2005.

A graduate of Texas A&M University, the school re-named its business school in his honor in 1996.

Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Joy Taylor, Don Martin, Sam Pines and Amanda Brown to Speak at the 2023 BSM Summit

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Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Joy Taylor, Don Martin, Sam Pines and Amanda Brown to Speak at the 2023 BSM Summit

I announced last week that the 2023 BSM Summit will be returning to Los Angeles. We had a fantastic experience in LA in 2019, and I expect our next conference on March 21-22, 2023 to be even bigger and better. But to do that, we need the right people on stage, and I’m excited today to reveal the first six additions to the show.

The 2023 BSM Summit in Los Angeles is proud to welcome FOX Sports Radio and FOX Sports 1 host Colin Cowherd, FOX Sports 1 co-host of the new weekday program SPEAK, Joy Taylor, CBS Sports Radio and CBS Sports Network superstar Jim Rome, FOX Sports Radio and iHeart Sports SVP of Programming, Don Martin, and the brain trust of ESPN LA 710, Senior Vice President Sam Pines and program director Amanda Brown.

All six of these media professionals have enjoyed success throughout their careers. They bring different perspectives, styles, and experiences to the room, and I’m sure those in attendance at The Founders Club at the Galen Center at USC will enjoy and appreciate learning from them.

We will have more announcements in the future about additional speakers to the 2023 BSM Summit. A reminder that if you work in the media industry and would like to attend the conference, you can purchase tickets and secure your hotel room by visiting BSMSummit.com.

I’d also like to thank last year’s sponsors who have already confirmed participation in our 2023 event. The Summit isn’t possible without their support. For folks interested in sponsorship details for the conference, please email Stephanie at Sales@BarrettSportsMedia.com.

Now here’s some press information about each of our six participants.

Colin Cowherd: He is one of the most thought-provoking and successful sports talk show hosts in the country, and has been a key part of FOX Sports Radio and FOX Sports 1 since September 2015. He is also the founder of The Volume, a digital-first sports media brand which has created an immediate impact in podcasting and on YouTube.

Cowherd’s three-hour sports talk program, THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD, airs simultaneously on FS1 and the FOX Sports Radio Network weekdays from Noon to 3pm ET. It is also available on www.FOXSportsRadio.com, www.FOXSports.com and has a dedicated iHeartRadio station, available live and throughout the day. The Herd has been chosen by industry programmers and executives as the top national sports talk radio show an unprecedented six times in seven years as part of BSM’s annual Top 20 series.

Jim Rome: Jim Rome is heard nationwide hosting ‘The Jim Rome Show‘ weekdays from Noon to 3pm ET on CBS Sports Radio. The program can also be watched on the CBS Sports Network. The show delivers three hours of aggressive, informed sports opinions, rapid-fire dialogue, tons of sports smack, and is consistently supported by Rome’s legions of fans otherwise known as the clones.

Rome also delivers his unique take on the day’s sports headlines via the CBS Sports Minute, 60-second commentaries which can be heard hourly on CBS Sports Radio affiliate stations. He also hosts his own podcast, The Reinvention Project, contributes to CBS Sports television, and has previously been seen on ESPN, FOX Sports, and in numerous movies and TV shows.

Joy Taylor: Joy Taylor co-hosts FS1’s new weekday program SPEAK alongside Emmanuel Acho and former NFL running back LeSean McCoy. She has previously worked as a co-host on THE HERD, as the moderator of SKIP AND SHANNON: UNDISPUTED, and as the host of her own podcast, “Maybe I’m Crazy”. She has also hosted programs for FOX Sports Radio.

Prior to joining FOX Sports, Taylor spent five years in Miami radio, including a successful three-year stint at 790 AM The Ticket, where she was co-host for the station’s top-rated morning-drive program, “Zaslow and Joy Show,” after starting with the station as the show’s executive producer. Taylor also served as the host of “Thursday Night Live” and “Fantasy Football Today” on CBSSports.com. She is a Pittsburgh native and the younger sister of former Miami Dolphins star Jason Taylor.

Don Martin: A 27-year veteran of iHeartMedia, Don is currently the SVP of Programming for FOX Sports Radio, the EVP for iHeartMedia Sports, and the SVP of KLAC-AM 570 LA Sports. Additionally, he provides oversight of the iHeartPodcast Network, which includes more than 40 national and 100 local sports podcasts and exclusive podcast agreements with the NFL and NBA. Don has been a featured speaker at prior BSM Summit’s and was recently a guest on The Jason Barrett Podcast. To hear it, click here.

Sam Pines: A fixture with Good Karma Brands since 2000, Pines is now charged with leading ESPN LA 710 since GKB assumed control of local operations. Prior to taking over the Los Angeles sports brand, Pines served as the GM and Sales Manager of ESPN Cleveland from 2006-2022. He has written a sales and leadership series, “Time to Win”, which focuses on coaching relationship-based selling and marketing, and is also involved with numerous boards and nonprofits.

Amanda Brown: Amanda has spent her entire twenty year career in sports radio working for the worldwide leader in sports. Currently responsible for creating and implementing the programming strategy for ESPN LA 710, Amanda has enjoyed nearly twelve years with the LA based brand after spending nearly six years in Bristol, CT producing national shows for the ESPN Radio network. Her career started behind the scenes in Dallas, TX where she worked as a producer at ESPN 103.3.

Jason Barrett Podcast: John Kincade, 97.5 The Fanatic

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Jason Barrett Podcast: John Kincade, 97.5 The Fanatic

John Kincade shares his thoughts on coming home to Philadelphia, the latest headlines from the industry and the opportunities that turnover in his market presents.

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Saquon Barkley, Joel McHale and Shannon Sharpe Make ManningCast Guest List

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Tonight (September 12) will feature the first ManningCast of the 2022 NFL season and the guest list has been revealed.

When the Denver Broncos travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks, the ManningCast will have the alternate feed on ESPN2 and will welcome in New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, actor/comedian Joel McHale and FS1’s Undisputed co-host Shannon Sharpe.

Tonight’s game will also be the debut of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on the main Monday Night Football broadcast on ESPN.

Chris Myers: There’s Nothing Like the “Rush” of an NFL Game

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Chris Myers is in his 15th season as a full-time play-by-play broadcaster with FOX and he has seen his share of large sports moments with the network, but one sport outshines them all.

Myers spoke to Awful Announcing and talked about his time with FOX in which he has called or hosted events including the the Daytona 500, sidelining BCS bowl games and the National Championship and interviewing players moments before the Super Bowl.

“I have a corny saying when I started in broadcasting,” Myers began, “I’d always say ‘Every night’s the Super Bowl.’ They’d always teach me about that.”

Myers told the story of the one time the Super Bowl stage caused him to freeze on camera, in 2005 before Super Bowl XXXIX between the Patriots and Eagles.

“So I’m interviewing Troy Brown live right before kickoff, ” Myers said, “and (FOX Producer Richard) Zyontz said ‘Hey, just be quick and be brief and get a comment from him,’ and as they’re counting down, I tell Troy Brown ‘Hey, I know you’ve got a game to play,’ and I could feel his energy, he was a key player for the Patriots. And I say ‘No need to be nervous, I’m just going to ask you a couple of questions real quick, even though there are millions watching.’”

“And I’m telling him ‘This is the most-watched event,’ and as I’m telling him, I’m starting to get nervous. And they threw down to me, ‘Okay, Chris, go,’ and I froze, and they’re in my ear like ‘Chris! Chris!’ And Troy Brown had to like, smack me with his shoe to be like ‘Chris, let’s go!’ And then I went like, ‘Oh, yeah, hey, this is a big game!’ I don’t even remember what I asked him.”

That moment and countless others in Myers career are what he recalls when thinking about the most exciting events he’s been a part of in his career.

“The rush of an NFL game, I’ve got to tell you,” Myers said, “I’ve always loved events and interviewing athletes and coaches and people in and around sports, but there’s really nothing like the NFL. I guess it’s my first love, growing up around football and the NFL. The rush of calling a NFL game, I felt this even before it became America’s most popular sport, there’s really nothing like it. You prepare, but there’s such unpredictability and such star power. And the size of the audience, and the fan reaction, to me, that’s one of the great things.”

NFL Network Adds Chargers QB Chase Daniel to NFL GameDay Final

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The NFL Network announced the addition of a brand new talent to its television roster and its a current quarterback in the league.

Chase Daniel, currently a quarterback with the Los Angeles Chargers, will appear in the studio for the network’s NFL GameDay Final show that airs following Monday Night Football.

Daniel will appear tonight in his debut following the Denver Broncos game in Seattle against the Seahawks. Daniel is a 14-year NFL QB veteran and a Super Bowl Champion. He will join Omar Ruiz, DeAngelo Hall and Adam Rank.

Fox Sports: Alabama/Texas Most Streamed Game in History

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Alabama defeated Texas 20-19 Saturday in what ended as one of college football’s best games of the weekend. It was also a big winner for Fox Sports as the contest was the most streamed game in the network’s history.

The contest wasn’t the most streamed college football game in the network’s history, it was the most streamed football game ever, including the NFL.

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Streaming content has long been a source of contention for those in college sports. In recent Big Ten media rights negotiations, the conference tried to avoid putting games on streaming-only platforms, before ultimately inking a deal with Fox, NBC, and CBS that will see a portion of the package exclusively on NBC-owned Peacock.

Fox Sports didn’t reveal the streaming viewership totals for the game.

John Avlon: Cover BYU Racial Slur Story With Same ‘Intensity’ of Allegations

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CNN anchor John Avlon is calling for other media members to cover a story from Brigham Young University with the same “intensity” after allegations that fans hurled racial slurs at Duke volleyball players no evidence has been found to backup the claims.

During a segment Avlon called “Upon Further Review”, he noted the story leapt to the “outrage Olympics” after Rachel Richardson, a volleyball player at Duke, said she and other black athletes were the attacked with racial epithets during a match last month. Avlon pointed out his own network, CNN, was a purveyor of the unsubstantiated story.

“Fidelity to the facts is all that we as journalists and citizens should ask,” said Avlon. “It’s understandable that there’s a desire to believe people when they say they’ve been victimized, but the accusations have to be backed up by facts and when the facts don’t fit upon further review, we need to set the record straight with as much intensity as the initial reports.”

He also added the Richardson family has stopped responding to requests for comment from CNN, while noting the statement from BYU doesn’t label her as a liar or fabricator.

“Healthy skepticism is always a virtue, but this doesn’t read like a coverup,” Avlon said. “Instead, it feels like there was a rush to judgment because of a well-intentioned impulse to believe the Duke player’s accusations.”

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