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Len Weiner Retiring After Helping Shape Sports Radio for More Than Four Decades

"I loved working in Miami because it’s been more of a challenge to do things here sports-wise. The passion and creativity of the people I work with I will surely miss."

Why This Year’s Barrett Media Audio Summit Matters More Than Ever

"It’s a combination of seminar and social gathering, where people come to learn, network, educate, challenge one another, and leave with a treasure trove of ideas to bring back to their markets."

Surviving a Radio Layoff: Advice From Someone Who’s Been There

"Career grief is a profound sense of loss tied not just to a job role, but to identity, purpose, and self-worth. That grief hits differently in radio."

WZBA The Bay Mattered More Than Its Coverage Map Suggested

"A reminder that sometimes the issue is not the talent in the room."

ESPN Targets Gen Z with Launch of ESPN Creator Network

“ESPN has always been fan-centric and Creator Network is our new-age way of expressing that.”

Sports Talkers Podcast: Ryan Ruocco, ESPN

With the WNBA Finals upon us, Stephen Strom talks to the man calling the action for ESPN. Ryan Ruocco is the guest on this...

The NFL Sees Best Ratings Week Since 2016

The network-wide average of 18.5 million viewers was up 7% from the same Thursday-Monday period last season, according to the NFL.

ESPN Is ‘Flexible’ on TV Rights for College Football Playoff

“We’ve been clear to anyone who is interested that we are very willing to be flexible here and be creative in terms of this expansion,” ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in an interview.

Apple TV Says No To Broadcasting “Too Toxic” LIV Golf Tour

Rapaport stats that, according to his source, the tour is "too toxic" for Apple and that leaves the 2023 Liv Golf Tour still without a media partner.

Nearly 20 Million Tune In For ESPN’s Monday Night Football, ManningCast Up 86% Over 2021 Debut

ESPN reported that 19,845,000 viewers tuned in for the season debut across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.

Disney Expects to Generate More Than $700M from College Football Ads

The advertising dollars come from more than 350 total advertisers and the company has signed on 36 new sponsors for 2022.

The Musers: Monday Night Football Felt Different

"I'm telling ya, if I'm just football fan as I was while I was getting dinner ready and saw that exact thing we just heard, it did. It felt so different," show co-host George Dunham added. "It felt so big. This game means something."

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.”

Disney Investor Backs Off Push For ESPN Sale

During a Twitter thread Sunday, Loeb said he now "has a better understanding of ESPN's potential as a standalone business and another vertical for Disney to reach a global audience to generate ad and subscriber revenues".

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"Career grief is a profound sense of loss tied not just to a job role, but to identity, purpose, and self-worth. That grief hits differently in radio."

WZBA The Bay Mattered More Than Its Coverage Map Suggested

"A reminder that sometimes the issue is not the talent in the room."

Five Ways Classic Rock/Hits Program Directors Can Stay on Target

"Always focusing on what they do and how to do it better."