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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."

The Top 20 Mid-Market Morning Shows of 2017 Are…

The wait is over. It’s time to reveal the sports radio format’s Top 20 Mid Market morning shows of 2017. Before we get started,...

Jemele Hill is Leaving SC6 and Moving to The Undefeated

As first reported by Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, Jemele Hill is leaving the 6pm ET SC6 edition of SportsCenter on ESPN. Hill will...

The XFL’s Return is About Strategy and Second Chances

Imagine for a minute what it would be like if we didn't allow people to learn from their mistakes and earn second opportunities. Bill...

How Much Value Do Hosts Place on Radio Row Broadcasts?

It was one year ago when I wrote a lengthy piece on the challenges associated with broadcasting live on radio row during the week...

TV and Radio Are Heading in Opposite Directions

Remember newspapers? For those that are too young to remember, we used to get these rolled up bundles of information delivered to our homes or...

Barstool Sports Now Valued at $100 Million

Barstool Sports may not be everyone's cup of tea but that's just fine with their majority owner Chernin Group. The investment firm led by...

A-Rod and Vasgergian Join Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN

Invoke whichever sports phrase you wish but since this is baseball related news we're going to keep it simple - ESPN hit a home...

Previewing The Annual BSM Top 20 in Sports Radio

Next week, Barrett Sports Media will introduce its third annual Top 20 in sports radio. The six day series highlights the top morning, midday,...

FOX Steps Up Its Pursuit of Thursday Night Football

The NFL's ratings may be down, but that isn't stopping FOX from aggressively pursuing the rights to Thursday Night Football. According to Sports Business Daily,...

Michelle Smallmon Returns to 101 ESPN

Michelle Smallmon is heading home. After recently announcing her departure from ESPN Radio, the former producer for Ryen Russillo, Danny Kanell, Will Cain and...

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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.