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Bob Pittman Shares Lessons on Life and Business at the BFOA Media Mixer

“Nobody has peace and quiet anymore. Everybody needs a friend, and radio fills that space.”

Inside The Daily Wire’s Plan Under New CEO Mike Richards

"I was like, 'This is the greatest sandbox in the world.' If you're a creative person who likes running shows and businesses, this is the ultimate place to land. There's no one else that does what we do."

Why Chris Simms Has No Interest in Following the Traditional Sports Media Playbook

"I was obsessed with football from an early age. Of course, I envisioned being the man and winning Super Bowls, never having to work again. That obviously didn't happen, but I knew media was an option."

Ed Levine Hands Galaxy Communications to Pamal Broadcasting, Bets on Events

"Let me buy a really good or start a really good event, and then is there any local media I can add to it to make it better?'"

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".

Saquon Barkley, Joel McHale and Shannon Sharpe Make ManningCast Guest List

The ManningCast will have the alternate feed on ESPN2 and will welcome Saquon Barkley, Joel McHale and Shannon Sharpe.

NFL VP of Broadcasting: Week 2Monday Night Football Overlap NFL’s Idea, Not ESPN

"We tried to time it so halftime of the early game coincides with kickoff of the late game and we'll see what happens."

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Inside The Daily Wire’s Plan Under New CEO Mike Richards

"I was like, 'This is the greatest sandbox in the world.' If you're a creative person who likes running shows and businesses, this is the ultimate place to land. There's no one else that does what we do."

Why Chris Simms Has No Interest in Following the Traditional Sports Media Playbook

"I was obsessed with football from an early age. Of course, I envisioned being the man and winning Super Bowls, never having to work again. That obviously didn't happen, but I knew media was an option."

Ed Levine Hands Galaxy Communications to Pamal Broadcasting, Bets on Events

"Let me buy a really good or start a really good event, and then is there any local media I can add to it to make it better?'"

Steve Scully on Balancing Politics and Respect on “The Briefing” at SiriusXM

""So when you try to understand the context of where we are today by understanding where we've been in the past, I think it makes it easier for many people to realize that, whatever you feel about the current political environment, this too is going to pass."