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Taylor Swift Becomes First Recipient of MTV VMA Director Honor

"Celebrating a sustained and influential body of work from artists who have pushed creative boundaries and developed a clear directorial voice."

Salem Radio Network Refuses to Join TV Networks’ Trump White House Boycott

"SRN has notified the WHCA that our network will refuse to join this incredibly juvenile stunt, which is actually more like a RICO violation by mobsters than actions of legitimate American media."

Magellan AI Data Shows Top Podcast Advertisers Saw 9% Spending Increase During August

Sports accounted for the largest share of top genres, with seven advertisers spending the most in the category. Five advertisers made comedy their largest category, while news accounted for the remaining three.

Doc Rivers Joins NBC Sports Analyst Rotation

"I loved playing the game, I loved coaching it, and I’ve always loved talking about it."

Cam Newton: SEC Football Is Still the Top Conference Because of Viewership

"At the end of the day, everybody knows that if you want to go and get put on [television] you still go to the SEC."

Kirk Herbstreit Would Leave Television Instead of Participating in “Clickbait” Debate Shows

"It’s a lot of like really loud comments that will maybe go viral. ‘I might not believe in it, but it’s gonna go viral, and people are going to know who I am.’ Man, I will quit before I ever do that."

Ebro Darden: I Wouldn’t Do What Charlamagne tha God, Stephen A. Smith Have Done To Get Big Deals

"Listen, there were things that Charlamagne was willing to do that I would have never done. Never."

The Overlooked Case for the NBA Cup and Its Long-Term Value

"The NBA isn’t chasing nostalgia. It’s chasing habits. The NBA Cup isn’t just a concept — it’s a sellable property"

Stephen A. Smith Responds to Max Kellerman About Removal From ‘First Take’

"Do I need to bring up the names of the inordinate amount of people that will come on the air and say, ‘Max, what are you saying?"

Max Kellerman Feels No Relationship Was Formed With Stephen A. Smith on ‘First Take’

"You should always be thinking about making the show entertaining… and I do think it reached a point on that show where it was like, ‘Come on, dude. The first priority is to make good TV"

ESPN President, Content Burke Magnus Not Concerned With Stephen A. Smith Overexposure

"There's a there's a school of thought that says the more politics he's doing, the more people will understand that that's him, not us"

Pablo Torre: “No One” Has the Power in Sports Television Like Stephen A. Smith

"He staffs the show. He picks the players on the team. He is the star of it. That’s his"

Mike Vrabel: ‘First Take’ Isn’t the ‘SportsCenter’ I Grew up With

"I don’t even know if the TVs work in the weight room"

Stephen A. Smith: Jason Whitlock Is “The Devil in the Flesh”

"He's the devil in the flesh, and everybody needs to be careful because the closer you get to him, the closer to hell you will go. There's a special place for people like him"

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Salem Radio Network Refuses to Join TV Networks’ Trump White House Boycott

"SRN has notified the WHCA that our network will refuse to join this incredibly juvenile stunt, which is actually more like a RICO violation by mobsters than actions of legitimate American media."

Magellan AI Data Shows Top Podcast Advertisers Saw 9% Spending Increase During August

Sports accounted for the largest share of top genres, with seven advertisers spending the most in the category. Five advertisers made comedy their largest category, while news accounted for the remaining three.

Doc Rivers Joins NBC Sports Analyst Rotation

"I loved playing the game, I loved coaching it, and I’ve always loved talking about it."

Aaron Lux Moves to Middays at 107.3 Alternative Cleveland

"We look out for our people and want to do whatever we can to keep good talent around."