"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."
"We reported on fraud and the waste in Washington, and all of that stuff when not everybody was doing that. And that's a conservative issue. Not a liberal issue."
The report suggests that CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss wants the program to focus on "scoops and hard-hitting investigative reporting" and avoid what she views as "soft programming."
"We’re going to keep investing in and growing an investigative journalism team that’s well-resourced and can deliver eye-opening reporting to audiences wherever they are.”
When the mics are off, the lights are gone, and retirement is not an option (because, let's be real, most of us won't make the type of money to retire early), what are we left to do?
"The MeidasTouch and I share the same North Star of communicating, that when you have news to break or something important to explain, just get to it. Straight to the point."
After the news was announced, many took to social media to share their personal connections and recollections of the CBS News Radio brand, and their astonishment that it was going away.
"I think ESPN rightly wanted to own and operate and produce RedZone outright because of the galactic popularity of the show. But the NFL, for their reasons, wanted to retain control of the production of RedZone."