"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."
"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."
"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."
The settlement comes after a district court had refused to dismiss the lawsuit after Audacy had argued that the KYW anchor hadn't utilized every option available from the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
After Audacy filed for its prepackaged bankruptcy in a Houston court, the company filed a motion for an automatic stay of MacKenzie's hearing. The court halted all proceedings on the case.
The legal action seeks a court order directing KYW to halt age discrimination and appoint an external monitor to oversee anchor and reporter pay rates for at least three years.
"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."
"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."