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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."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

Christopher ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Addresses ‘Jealousy’ Surrounding LeBron James

"I think there’s jealousy because he was anointed the next Jordan right away, and that bothered people"

Christopher ‘Mad Dog’ Russo: Michelle Beadle, Cody Decker Did Nothing Wrong

"I have come to the conclusion after seeing all of these departures over the last 43 years in radio that the best way to do it is when you decide to make a change, just make the change. Don't give the folks who you are changing from the opportunity to say goodbye because it never works."

Bill Simmons: ‘Mike and the Mad Dog’ Weighing in on Oscars ‘Created Podcasting’

"I was like, ‘This is the mode for something down the road.'"

Rob Manfred: Level of Dissatisfaction with ESPN Started with the End of ‘Baseball Tonight’

"They stepped up for the NBA, they stepped up for football, stepped up for this one, and to come back to us and say, ‘We want to cut you.’"

Fred Toucher: Mike Francesa ‘Doesn’t Know Who’s Talking to Him’

"The people that are producing Mike Francesa’s podcast are not young whip guys that are going to end up being the heads of NBC or something or the heads of Paramount Pictures."

Stephen A. Smith: I Believe I Will Re-Sign with ESPN

"I’m ready for everybody, and even my colleagues have always said when the lights come on, it’s something different that happens to me."

Dan Le Batard: Christopher ‘Mad Dog’ Russo is ‘Bought and Paid For’

"Again, I don’t like what you’ve become late in your career here where you are simply trafficking in all of the powers that you have to do things that satiate your ego."

Stephen A. Smith Criticizes Colin Russo, Appears on Radio Show

"‘And good afternoon everybody!,’ going crazy, and then he’s complaining all the time, ‘What’s the matter with the chair?,’ everything else, and you come on sounding all normal."

Boomer Esiason: Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo is ‘Instant Energy’ on Any Show

"Well 'First Take' has given him a whole 'nother platform, and his goofiness is evident there, and you see it, and Stephen A. buys into it, Molly buys into it, which is great."

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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."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

How Matt Barrie Is Prepared To Tackle the Challenge of Hosting SEC Nation

"If you're a college football junkie like I am, there are few jobs with ESPN that scratch that itch. SEC Nation is one of them."