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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"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."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"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."

ESPN Kicks Off 2025 at Number One for Sports Digital and Social

"ESPN Social recorded over 978 million engagements on social media, making it the number-one sports property for the 43rd consecutive month."

College Football Playoff Drove ESPN Viewership in Latest Nielsen Findings

"This marks the highest monthly share for any traditional media company since the report was first established in November 2023"

CFP National Championship on ESPN Averages 22.1 Million Viewers for Ohio State Victory Over Notre Dame

The game was the most-viewed non-NFL sporting event over the past year and peaked with 26.1 million viewers during the 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. EST quarter-hour.

ESPN Attains Most-Watched Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Record

On Thursday night, the Capital One Orange Bowl between Notre Dame and Penn State averaged 17.8 million viewers, marking the second most-watched iteration of the contest since 2006.

ESPN Announces MegaCast Plans for College Football Playoff Semifinals

Airing on ESPN2 during both games will be "Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show," an alternate broadcast returning for its third consecutive season

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Games Average 16.9 Million Viewers on ESPN Networks

The Rose Bowl Game led the pack with an average of 21.1 million viewers watching the matchup between Ohio State and Oregon on Wednesday night.

Allstate Sugar Bowl Postponed, Airing Thursday on ESPN at 4 p.m. EST

The quarterfinal matchup between Notre Dame and Georgia will air on ESPN with play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough, analyst Greg McElroy and reporters Molly McGrath and Laura Rutledge.

Big Ten Network Broadcasting On-Site Coverage of College Football Playoff Quarterfinals

The Big Ten Network will continue previewing quarterfinal matchups as "The B1G Show" airs at midnight EST on Sunday.

ESPN Airing MegaCast Presentation of College Football Playoff Quarterfinals

A variety of presentations will be available, including Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN2 as Ohio State and Oregon face off at the Rose Bowl Game on Wednesday, Jan. 1.

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"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."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"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."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"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."