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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."

Dan Patrick Wishes Retirement Announcement Was Phrased Differently

"I didn’t realize it at the time, but I had signed for four more years and I said that’ll be my last contract"

Jon “Stugotz” Weiner Reveals His Return to ‘The Dan Le Batard Show’ on ‘Wake up Barstool’

"I'll be in there a bunch of shows coming up in the next you know, 30–45 days or so"

How Ariel Helwani Became the Uncrowned King of Combat Sports Journalism

"If I was told that my career was over today, I would be very upset. I don’t feel like I’ve made it, not anywhere near making it"

Dan Le Batard: FOX Sports Is Getting Exactly What They Wanted From Dave Portnoy

"It seems all of this would be orchestrated in order to create noise and controversy, and I believe Portnoy and Barstool will be good about attracting attention, particularly of young people, to rival Lee Corso's departure on ESPN"

Stephen A. Smith Denies Notion That NFL Stake in ESPN Will Affect Content

"They can try, but who the hell owns the other 90%"

Dan Le Batard Ponders if NFL Stake in ESPN Led to ESPN Scrapping Colin Kaepernick Documentary

"They're a stockholder, and what happens as soon as they get through the door? Oh, the documentary on Colin Kaepernick that Spike Lee was doing—yeah, we’re not doing that anymore"

Meadowlark Media Adding Dave Dameshek for NFL Podcast

"I'm plum over the pigskin-shaped moon to let you know I'll be doing an NFL show on the (Dan Le Batard Show) network starting in August."

Dan Le Batard Discusses Meadowlark Media’s Changes, DraftKings Extension, ESPN and Creative Freedom

"One of the things that we wanted to do is give people permission to bet on themselves."

Mike Florio: ‘No One Wants to Bother’ Pushing NFL Collusion Case Story Forward

"I think it’s a cocktail of reasons that are causing most of the people in this business to just keep their heads low and their mouths shut."

Dan Le Batard: Shannon Sharpe Stepping Away from ESPN ‘Was Carefully Staged’

"So Shannon can exist doing the stuff that he’s doing on the stuff he owns, but the stuff that other people own, he cannot do whatever he wants."

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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."