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2026 Barrett Media Audio Summit Presented by Point to Point Marketing Day 1 Recap

Barrett Media President Jason Barrett opened the show by welcoming attendees to SVA Theater in New York.

NBC Sports Networks Reportedly Likely Next In Line To Exit Current RSN Model

"As this landscape changes, it’s important to find ways to deliver the product in the way people are consuming the game these days. So it’s a challenge. … I think we’re all optimistic that we can get to a good place."

60 Minutes Producer Henry Schuster Exits

"I have been thinking about leaving for a while now, and when the opportunity presented itself in February, I took it."

The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Charles Barkley: NBA Wanted to Break Up with TNT ‘From the Beginning’

For the last several months, discussions surrounding the NBA media rights negotiations took center stage in the sports media industry, heightened by dismay towards...

Stephen A. Smith: Top Brass at TNT Sports Dropped the Ball on NBA Media Rights

As news came down that the NBA had officially rejected Warner Bros. Discovery's matching rights claim to keep a portion of the media rights...

Warner Bros. Discovery Still Wants NBA, Must Believe Charles Barkley Will Stay

Without ogling its existing contract with the NBA (and it’s a safe bet we won’t be getting a look anytime soon), it’s impossible to...

Charles Barkley: I Think Warner Bros. Discovery Has Lost NBA Media Rights

"All the people I’ve been working with for the last 24 years, they’re like family to me, and I really hope we match."

Looking Back on Five Years of BSM Columns and Ahead to More ‘Anatomy’ Features

Now, some 250 or more columns later, I’m going to scale back and write only one time a month.

Charles Barkley Is Simply Irreplaceable

Needed: One former NBA Hall of Fame player. Need to have a personality that is larger than life. Can’t be afraid to laugh at himself or have fun with his fellow panelists.

Reggie Miller: If TNT Loses NBA Broadcasting Rights, ‘We’re Going to Go Out With a Bang’

"First of all let me say this – this could be retirement for all of us at Turner network next year."

Dan Le Batard: TNT Sports Will Try and Talk Charles Barkley Out of Retirement

"He’s tired of being emotional about this, and he just went emotion from the hip."

Bob Fescoe: Charles Barkley is Irreplaceable

"How many people want to do that as well, just kind of walk away and say, ‘You know what? I put in my time and I am done here, and now I have the ability to walk away...'"

Who is Next if Charles Barkley Leaves NBA Television?

"Many entertaining and interesting analysts grace the television airwaves today, but none are Charles Barkley. His exit would create a massive issue for the NBA as it would take away its top TV star, and the league's best program outside of games."

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NBC Sports Networks Reportedly Likely Next In Line To Exit Current RSN Model

"As this landscape changes, it’s important to find ways to deliver the product in the way people are consuming the game these days. So it’s a challenge. … I think we’re all optimistic that we can get to a good place."

60 Minutes Producer Henry Schuster Exits

"I have been thinking about leaving for a while now, and when the opportunity presented itself in February, I took it."

The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."