"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"
"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."
I don’t know that people are talking about this enough. FOX isn’t just joining the fight against YouTube. Instead, it’s showing up with a roster of assets few rivals can match. And now it’s dancing with the prettiest partner in the room.
The transaction would also position FOX as the country's third-largest media distributor, behind YouTube and the newly combined Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.
"Clearly the renewal of these rights, with baseball coming up as the earliest [in 2028], is going to be a key aspect of the entirety of Fox to renew what are core rights to us."
"We're all fearful when you disconnect with an audience for a couple of months. This is a short-term memory span society; you don't want to be gone for too long."
We are living through a media revolution, and if anyone claims to know where things are going, be sure to check back in a few years and see how far their projections were from reality.
While competitors like Disney, Paramount, and NBCUniversal poured billions of dollars into platforms, infrastructure, and original content, FOX largely sat back. Some criticized the company for moving too slowly. But patience paid off.
"People might not like the way he does his job, which happens to be unbelievably successful. Who in our business has had the success that this guy's had?"
"Listening to WWE Radio has grown nearly 20% since its July launch and rebrand. While monthly active sports listeners increased 4% year over year across our connected car and streaming platforms."