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Is Netflix Preparing For A Sports Media Rights Shopping Spree?

"Perhaps the company's layoffs are simply about controlling costs. However, if they’re part of a larger strategy to redirect resources toward premium live sports, the next chapter of Netflix’s evolution could be its most significant yet."

Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Paul Esden Named Afternoon Host at The Score 1260

The Score 1260 in Syracuse has decided on a new afternoon show. The radio station confirms that Paul Esden will host Drive Time Sports weekday afternoons...

A Conversation About Leadership

I recently had the good fortune of having dinner with one of the top executives in broadcasting when the topic of leadership came up...

Chris Jericho and Westwood One Announce Partnership

Westwood One has added six-time WWE champion, rock vocalist, and New York Times bestselling author Chris Jericho to its stable. Jericho will move his popular...

FOX Interested in Thursday Night Football

According to a Bloomberg report, FOX is attempting to acquire the broadcast rights to Thursday Night Football. Some expected FOX, who retained their broadcast network along with national...

A Mixed Bag of Sports Media Subjects

There have been a number of things happening in sports and media that have captured my attention lately. Rather than writing a normal column...

Barstool Sports Ready To Launch on SiriusXM

Starting Wednesday January 17th, Barstool Sports takes the plunge into becoming full time radio operators. The entertaining sports media brand will officially launch their...

Cubs Remain Determined To Launch TV Network

In recent years, Cubs’ owners, the Ricketts family, have raised ticket prices, added large video boards to Wrigley Field to capitalize on advertising revenue,...

Chris Berman and Tom Jackson Reunite on ESPN

After numerous layoffs and program restructuring during the course of the last 12 months, the face of ESPN and their NFL coverage since 1987,...

ABC Could Bid For Thursday Night Football

According to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal, ABC is likely to place a bid for the NFL’s Thursday Night Football broadcast rights. After being the first...

104.5 The Zone Expands Its Local Weekday Programming

104.5 The Zone in Nashville is expanding its local sports coverage starting Monday January 15, 2018. The announcement was made today live from Providence,...

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Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Why News/Talk Radio Stations Must Preserve Their History Before It Disappears

I may be living in some sort of fantasyland that I frequently rail about in these columns. I don’t believe that these special moments are unusual or examples of confirmation bias. This is real life.