Tag: Dave Portnoy

"The analogy I use: the internet prefers pornography. Mainstream television prefers R-rated content"

"College sports is all about rivalries and fandoms, and there are no better rivalries than in college sports. We think Barstool is the perfect partner for us"

"I don’t know what they were before. It wasn’t like we had some gigantic promo. We just kind of did it"

"The message for sports radio talent is urgent: adapt or risk obsolescence. Use the tools available. Promote and amplify your message. Get social. Your niche doesn’t live on your timeline—it lives on your audience’s"

"He’s got a good deal with us. I don’t know what he was making there. I don’t think money was the primary driver,"

"FOX claimed the single largest audience with its Ohio State–Texas showcase, while ESPN and ABC delivered record-setting depth across multiple games and studio programming"

"While it’s unfair to judge a book by its cover, the debut episode taught lessons that everyone working in media should adhere to"

"FOX Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff, through their new partnership with Portnoy and Barstool Sports, has a massive opportunity to lean into the fun that college football rivalries bring"

"We’ve built a community that talks about sports the way fans actually do, and now we get to do it every morning on national television. It’s Barstool, unfiltered, the way it’s meant to be"

"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"