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Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria Departing Company After 10 Ten Years

"I want to thank Bela for a decade of dedication, innovation, creativity and leadership. She led enormous changes at Netflix."

UMG Layoffs Hit MCA Nashville Leadership, Promotion Staff

"We are deeply grateful for the contributions of the people leaving us."

Oxford Road’s Dan Granger: Host-Read Ads Remain Podcasting’s Golden Goose

"Both men pointed to live events as an overlooked opportunity."

CNN Strikes AI Partnership with Google

"Google’s innovation with generative AI has changed how people discover information and content, and now those tools will help us explore new ways to discover and engage audiences.”

FOX Sports Leads NFL Average Viewership In Week Two Sunday Results

"FOX averaged 27,212,000 viewers for Dallas' 37-20 win over Washington, 8% above last season's America's Game of the Week average."

Stephen A. Smith Reportedly Making More Upcoming Appearances On ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown

"Exact dates in which Smith appears on Monday Night Countdown are unknown."

TKO President Mark Shapiro: Netflix Lagging Engagement Is “Getting Blown Up” By Media

"In the same way, you're going to go to ESPN or you're going to go to Paramount Plus. If you're looking for sports, you're going to go to Netflix first and foremost when you turn on the tube."

Westwood One Sports Adds Pete Sousa As Co-Host Of The Drake Toll Show

"Pete brings a unique mix of sports experience and personality to the show as an ESPN and NBC play-by-play announcer."

Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon Earn 43rd Walter Cronkite Award of Excellence in Journalism

"To receive an honor bearing Walter Cronkite’s name is humbling, because you immediately think about the standard he set for journalism."

97.1 The Ticket’s Mike Valenti: Pam Oliver “Struggling To Broadcast” on FOX Sports

"She's struggling to broadcast. It's uncomfortable for the viewer. I think it's uncomfortable for her."

Jarrett Payton on Media Criticism of Caleb Williams: “Keep My Quarterback’s Name Out of Your Mouth”

"Keep my quarterback's name out your mouth. You got to bring up all these other things, the fingernail painting, this, and that, dude. He is such a hot topic. I don't know if he's the face of the NFL, but I know that Madden decided to put him on the cover for a reason."

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Credits NBC Sports’ First Year Efforts Leaning Into Baseball

"NBC, from Day 1, was about reach for us and they certainly delivered that. Equally important, they leaned into baseball."

Why Profanity Standards Are Due for Change in Sports Broadcasting

"The media landscape, audience, and definition of what is considered offensive or profane has changed. Yet broadcast radio and television remain bound by standards created for a media environment that no longer exists."

How Joe Giglio Took Philadelphia Sports’ Best “What If” Questions From 94WIP Into His First Book

"There are 25 different ‘what if’ moments in the book. Five to seven immediately came to mind. Others I had to go back and think, ‘People aren’t thinking about this,’ but something happened along the way that would have changed a lot about Philadelphia sports."

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UMG Layoffs Hit MCA Nashville Leadership, Promotion Staff

"We are deeply grateful for the contributions of the people leaving us."

Oxford Road’s Dan Granger: Host-Read Ads Remain Podcasting’s Golden Goose

"Both men pointed to live events as an overlooked opportunity."

CNN Strikes AI Partnership with Google

"Google’s innovation with generative AI has changed how people discover information and content, and now those tools will help us explore new ways to discover and engage audiences.”

The Bret Mega Show to Split Hosts Between Two Cities

The split allows The Bret Mega Show to maintain a presence in St. Louis while relocating two of its hosts.