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"Owning a transmitter and signal does not make one more qualified of a broadcaster than the other."

"Netflix has spent eight months building the sports podcast portfolio. Now the NFL season will determine whether it has built a destination for sports podcasts — or simply just another collection of shows you have to pay for."

Develop your own thoughts, observations, and opinions. You are being paid to provide originality. People love your show because of you. Be that thought leader.

"This is the new tower. It is not transmitting your signal; it is displaying it."

Political advertising was never built as a meritocracy, and campaigns don't always spend where the numbers point them. They spend where the instinct — and the image — feels safest.

"Professional franchises don’t have to agree with a media member. They don’t have to like the questions being asked or the opinions being offered. But when a credential is pulled immediately after pointed criticism and no explanation is provided, it creates the appearance that a dissenting voice is being punished for being dissenting."

"If you're a radio program director and you don't know what ROAS is, I suggest you Google it. That's what you're going to be judged on moving forward."

"What we already know is that the future of broadcasting will not be decided by whether the industry changes. It will be decided by whether it changes fast enough and whether it remembers what was worth protecting in the first place."

"With a potential $60 million-$65 million annual extension reportedly waiting in the wings, ESPN is clearly wanting to make a significant investment in his future. Whether you love McAfee, tolerate him or cannot stand him, there is little denying his ability to generate attention."

Audio built Stern's legend, yet television extends it to a generation that discovers shows through streaming platforms rather than satellite dials.