"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."
"For years, ESPN has been criticized for what it wasn't doing. Not enough promotion. Not enough storytelling. Not enough attention paid to certain properties. Fair or unfair, those critiques have followed the network through multiple eras. But right now, those conversations feel very distant."
"The collaboration represents a strategic step for Cumulus as it seeks to modernize how listeners interact with its content while creating new revenue opportunities for advertisers and stakeholders."
"If I know that the show is really good. The people I trust and respect, they know the show is really good. That counts as success for me, and we'll sort the rest out afterwards."
"In a heavily redacted filing in federal court in New York, Nielsen framed its defense bluntly, saying Cumulus wants to pay 50% less for the same services."
"It's not my decision to be honest and to be frank, like it's disappointing, it sucks. I'm gonna be completely honest about that, but that's the business that we're in."
"The story is that ESPN has completely changed its philosophy. For decades, ESPN sold the network. It sold SportsCenter. It sold highlights. Now it sells personalities."
"For years, ESPN has been criticized for what it wasn't doing. Not enough promotion. Not enough storytelling. Not enough attention paid to certain properties. Fair or unfair, those critiques have followed the network through multiple eras. But right now, those conversations feel very distant."