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ESPN Executive Peter McConville Departs After More Than Three Decades at the Network

"To my talented colleagues, thank you. The relationships and experiences will stay with me long after this chapter closes."

Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Bomani Jones Takes The Right Time To Playmaker

"What I liked about Playmaker was that they weren’t trying to come in and change the show, they were giving us the resources to do more with it."

Bomani Jones Amazed How Many People Care About Sports Media Beef

"I can name people that make a living talking about me."

Elle Duncan Reflects on Positive Experience Leaving ESPN for Netflix

"I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go to Netflix without all the things that ESPN gave me."

How Bomani Jones Ensures ‘The Right Time’ Is Time Well Spent for His Loyal Audience

"The most important thing is does your audience believe you. Does your audience mean the things you say. It's not about being right, it's about being sincere."

Bomani Jones: Fame Is More Important To Broadcast Companies Than Airchecks

"Your air check doesn't matter anymore. They're like, where is your audience?"

ESPN Has Run Out Of Ideas, But That’s Not A Bad Thing

"At some point, we have to stop grading ESPN on the scale of what it used to be and start evaluating it on what the business demands now"

Bomani Jones: ESPN Used To Create Stars, Now They Import Them

"Think about what happened with Dan Patrick, which I guess is now probably like 15 years ago. We'll go find another one of you. It’s not that big a deal. They can't do that anymore"

Bomani Jones Believes Paul Finebaum Omission From ESPN Programming Surrounded Equal Time Provision

"The only reason that would make sense is the equal time provision and them having a measure of concern about whether or not they run into conflict with that. And if that’s the case, that’s perfectly fair."

Bomani Jones: Stephen A. Smith Is All ‘First Take’ Needs

"I think they can find somebody that is a reasonable facsimile. First Take didn’t need Skip Bayless"

Those Relying on AI-Generated Takes Should Leave the Media Business

"Sports talk thrives on hosts that are compelling and original. Generating takes with AI is a shortcut for people that know they are incapable of meeting those standards"

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Michael Kay Defends Pat McAfee From Critics Saying He’s “Thin Skinned”

"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"

SummitMedia Names Matt ‘Brodie’ Lesley Brand Manager Over Entire Knoxville Cluster

In Knoxville, he'll oversee programming for Classic Rock 93.1, 100.3 The Wolf, Star 102.1, and Hot 104.5.

SiriusXM WWE Radio Listenership Up 20% From Launch Of Re-Branded Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7

"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."

Ernie Johnson Explains The Timing Of His Inside the NBA Retirement Announcement

"I actually kind of got tired of people asking me if I was going to keep doing the show."