"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."
"It’s easier for the owners to find players that can go out there and produce on a football field than it is to find people in this world that can do what Roger Goodell does."
The Philadelphia Phillies ended the season for the Atlanta Braves last night. 97.5 The Fanatic morning host John Kincade took issue with some statements...
“I didn’t get here like Mike [Golic] did — Mike played nine years in the NFL. I’m not here because I went to journalism school. I’m here because I’m a sports fan."
“If you stay true to kind of what got you here and stay true to what you believe is right in terms of radio, then I think that you’re going to be good.”
"For Karmazin, it is an easy decision. He says Good Karma Brands’ data shows that more than half of ESPN New York’s audience is not listening on a terrestrial radio signal."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."