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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."

Stugotz: ‘Sean McDonough Hates The Aaron Judge Cut-Ins’

“If you look at the numbers, if you look at the interest, if you look at the revenue that it generates for the networks, it makes more sense to have an Aaron Judge at-bat interrupted by an Iowa State field goal attempt than it does the other way around.”

Dan Le Batard: I Don’t Need Colleagues To Clean Up Home Run Record

“For their time, the best player I ever saw was Barry Bonds and I don’t need you to clean that up for me with some of the mythologies of how competitive people might cheat in the margins because they are super competitive about being competitive.”

John Skipper: Media Has Not Treated Adam Silver Like He’s Teflon

"I don't think anyone has hesitated to criticize him when he has done things that are controversial or difficult. Certainly, our friends at FOX News have not provided him with a Teflon coating."

Outkick: Dan Le Batard ‘Woke Troll’

He continued by saying Le Batard "forgets free speech exists" when someone criticizes him and defends himself "like a 13-year-old who just learned about curse words".

Dan Le Batard Can’t Believe People Don’t Like RG3 On ESPN

“I would have thought that his voice is so distinctive and his energy is so distinctive that nobody would have much of an issue with his enthusiasm with what it is that we were watching.”

Dan Le Batard: ‘Interview With Michele Tafoya Wasn’t A Good Look For Anybody’

“I don’t want clicks gratuitously, I’m not in the cheapened click business."

Sports Talkers Podcast: Jorge Sedano, ESPN LA 710

Jorge Sedano joins Stephen to talk about his relationship with Hank Goldberg, how he made Greg Popovich smile, and his infamous interview with Dennis...

Dan Le Batard Says Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski Have Become Bigger Than ESPN

"“Does it matter to you in any way that Brian Windhorst is doing that meme thing of pointing for 2.5 minutes because it would appear that there is a culture of fear at ESPN where it’s got to be the reporting is Woj's. Woj is our lead guy. Everyone fears Woj."

Dan Le Batard: Unhinged Anger Of Don LaGreca Is Good Radio

“You do want this for a decade. You don’t want this for a year, but I will take a minute of poisonous, unhinged, unreasonable anger.”

Carman and Lima Recall When Radio Hosts Weren’t Able To Be Authentic On Air

"Ken Carman mentioned that at multiple points in his career, he was told to rip callers occasionally."

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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."