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The Return Of The Pretty Reckless AND The Return Of The Record Release Party

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"When you're a music brand, these events matter. Artists matter."

Laid Off By Innovation? Use AI To Get Hired Faster

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"Remember, your advantage is not what was listed on your business card. It is who you are, not what you do."

Live Music Revenue Plateaus After Years of Record-Breaking Post-Pandemic Growth

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Men..are redirecting discretionary dollars toward video games, spending double on gaming versus live events in Q1 2026.

KXnO Layoffs Highlight the Changing Reality for Sports Radio Talent

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"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."

ESPN to Announce Expanded Talent Lineup for Gambling Products and Shows

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"I am the custodian of the ESPN brand, and we needed to make sure that whoever we went with on this journey was someone that we could trust."

Jimmy Pitaro ‘Contemplated Leaving’ ESPN Under Bob Chapek

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"Sherman writes that at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pitaro had become 'so demoralized' with Chapek’s attempts to reorganize the Walt Disney Company that 'he contemplated leaving the company."'

Bob Chapek Out, Bob Iger Returns As Disney CEO

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“It is with an incredible sense of gratitude and humility — and, I must admit, a bit of amazement — that I write to you this evening with the news that I am returning to The Walt Disney Company as Chief Executive Officer."

ESPN+ Subscription Growth Offsets Disney Revenue Misses

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The subscription streaming service now has 24.3 million subscribers as of October 1st.

Disney Investor Backs Off Push For ESPN Sale

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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".

Disney CFO: ESPN ‘Part Of Our Overall Portfolio’

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“As a management team, we always look at our assets and look at, ‘Is our portfolio made up of the right group of assets?"

Disney CEO Bob Chapek: ESPN Viewers Under 30 ‘Absolutely Require’ Betting Content

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"Our sports fans that are under 30 absolutely require this type of (sports betting) utility," Chapek said. 

Disney Has Abandoned Idea of ESPN Spin-Off

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In the midst of some large media companies not growing at the rate once seen, and in a lot of cases declining, the appeal of being in streaming and linear offerings is strong.

ESPN+ Tops 22 Million Subscribers

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"Disney generates an average of $4.73 from each ESPN+ subscriber in monthly revenue."

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KXnO Layoffs Highlight the Changing Reality for Sports Radio Talent

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"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."

Paul Finebaum Reflects on His Legacy in Receiving the Sports Media Lifetime Achievement Award

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"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."