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David Roberts Bids Farewell to ESPN After Two Decades of Influence

"I trusted him. He believed in me tirelessly. He put me front and center with everything. I've never had an executive believe in me as much as he did."

Why Howard Stern Doesn’t Need Daily Radio Anymore

"Howard was the ultimate slave to the art. Perhaps he finally doesn't want to be anymore"

Why Curtis Sliwa Refuses to Be a Donald Trump Echo Chamber on 710 WOR

"I made that very clear in coming back: I was not going to become an echo chamber for Donald Trump. It's proven to be very successful for us."

Inside Andrew Perloff’s Reunion With Paul Pabst To Launch ‘Not So Fast’ on NBC Sports NOW

"There’s a lot of people I would love to work with, but doing something with Paul would have been great... This was in the works for a long time, so a big chunk of the last eight months was developing this show."

ABC News Staffers Part of 200 Person Layoff Plan from Disney

FiveThirtyEight, the political research, data, and analysis arm of ABC News originally founded by Nate Silver, is being shuttered.

ABC News Hires G. Elliott Morris to Lead FiveThirtyEight After Nate Silver Exit

"It’s been around for 15 years. It’s what inspired me, in part, to be a data journalist."

Nate Silver Expects to Exit ABC News as Part of Disney Layoffs

"We’ve been at Disney almost 10 years. My contract is up soon and I expect that I’ll be leaving at the end of it."

Barrett News Media’s Top 20 Original Digital Shows of 2022

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Why Is ESPN Obsessed With Its Political Perception?

In the business of sports radio, we love dramatic stories that linger and provide countless opportunities to reach viewers, listeners, and readers. Whether it's...

ESPN Covering The WWE Is Smart Business

I read ESPN public editor Jim Brady's column this morning on the relationship between ESPN and the WWE and why he feels the marriage...

FiveThirtyEight Plans To Stick Around For a While

When ESPN turned out the lights on Grantland last fall, one of the big questions was how long it would be until FiveThirtyEight, Nate...

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