“They try to come at you immediately with you’re hateful, you’re transphobic, and then you suddenly get scared to speak up, and then that forces you not to take a hard stand.”
All of these layoffs are part of a larger plan to adopt a new localized video strategy as the regional sports network persists in a dynamic media ecosystem.
The 80-year-old Hume has been a mainstay at Fox News. He joined the network in 1996 and hosted Special Report from 1998 to 2008 before moving to an analyst role with the network that he still holds today.
"It would also give ESPN the backing of Amazon as it continues to develop a direct-to-consumer offering. Talks, however, have been described as preliminary at this point."