"Peyton and Eli have been revelatory on their Monday Night Football sidecast, and it would qualify as good news for the business if ESPN further rebuilds the channel as an incubator for original content."
“If we want to replace talent with talent, we have to develop talent at the lowest levels much more than asking for requirements at the highest levels. Every industry needs their farm-system.”
"In January 2021, Skipper's plate became even more full when he reunited with Dan Le Batard to create Meadowlark Media. Since joining forces, the group has raised millions of dollars in funding, lured key talent to join the brand, and in April, Meadowlark closed a deal with DraftKings for a reported fifty million dollars over three years. Not too shabby for year #1.
"The future of legacy media won't be determined by transmitters, call letters, apps, or even ratings books. It'll be determined by whether organizations can convince their best talent that staying offers more opportunity than leaving."