"Aikman can negotiate whatever he believes he's worth. ESPN can decide whether to pay it. Buck can enjoy his new contract without being asked to rescue his partner. Nobody is being wronged here. It's business."
He nailed the delivery. Which, love him or not, you can’t deny: the ability to hold and capture an audience has been there for decades, and it’s part of how the President rose to power as the leader of the free world.
"Instead of an ominous narrator warning that a state representative skipped 80% of legislative roll calls, add a weeping fiddle and a driving kick drum."
The best thing Alfonsi can do from here is land somewhere that values what she does. She's a talented journalist with a track record that speaks for itself. If CBS News didn't want that, somebody else will.
"In the coming days, network leadership may attempt to hide behind corporate euphemisms like 'modernization' and 'restructuring' to explain away my departure. Don't be misled. This was not a routine corporate transition."
"When I lived in North Carolina, I had a plaque on my office wall that said 'I'm not from the South, but I got here as soon as I could.' And I feel the same way about CBS News Radio."
Here's the hard truth: CBS News Radio didn't die of natural causes. It died of malpractice. A fundamental misunderstanding of its value — and its role in the greater media ecosystem — is what killed it.
"The CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil is in service to our viewers, and this series will help equip them with information to be able to navigate this challenging time."
He nailed the delivery. Which, love him or not, you can’t deny: the ability to hold and capture an audience has been there for decades, and it’s part of how the President rose to power as the leader of the free world.
"Instead of an ominous narrator warning that a state representative skipped 80% of legislative roll calls, add a weeping fiddle and a driving kick drum."
I’ve been on the record for a long time saying you shouldn’t go all Trump, all the time anymore. However, the results show something deeper that deserves analysis.