Tag: ESPN Layoffs

"In an attention economy, what matters is who can draw the attention. Sometimes it doesn't matter often whether it's good attention or bad attention. If you can captivate audience, that is what your biggest selling point will be."

"You will not make me hate my experience with ESPN. What I've been able to garner with the face of sports media in Stephen A. Smith is something that I'll take to my grave."

"Proven chemistry is difficult to manufacture. ESPN already knows this pairing works. With another opening on First Take, the easiest decision may also be the smartest one."

"Was I asked what I thought what my feelings were? Yes, I was. Of course I said we have to keep them. But I don't get to make those decisions."

"I love him. Just for so many people, this is a very tough day. This is an unfortunate reality across a lot of industries these days, especially ours."

"Newton is just the latest regular contributor on First Take to depart the network."

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

"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."

"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."

"Ravech is just the second name reported as part of ESPN's roster cuts. The cuts come as the network absorbs the NFL Network as part of a 10% equity stake acquisition by the NFL."