"We’re going to make sure our listeners start every morning knowing what’s happening, why it matters and what the people in power would rather you didn’t know.”
"I’m in the gaming space. There’s not a lot of high-level ex-professional athletes in the gaming space at this level. I don’t know any, to be honest. There’s a lot of gamers that can identify with me, and that’s what I hope to bring to VSiN."
"They wanted someone who'd share the same passions they had when they founded it. It's been a conversation for the last 10 years of my time with Salem. It was always about who will succeed us. Who will have that same level of passion for our formats and our mission? I think it was providential that they found WaterStone. They're very much in that same camp."
"MLB has spent years talking about the importance of growing the game, reaching younger audiences and making baseball easier to watch. That mission doesn't begin with finding another streaming subscriber during the postseason."
Make no mistake about it: this is on the horizon. You can pretend it won't happen, but it will. Right now, the only thing stopping companies is quality. The technology isn't good enough. Yet. But that's changing fast.
"ESPN Digital & Social drew 212.7 million unique users in August, up 6% year over year. That total reached 78% of U.S. adults across digital, YouTube and social platforms."