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The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

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"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

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"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

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"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

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"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

ESPN’s Jeff Passan Explains Decision To Stay At ESPN, New Podcast, and Challenges of an MLB Insider

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"ESPN, regardless of the rights we have, we’re still the best. We still do this better than anyone else, with the best people."

New ESPN Documentary ‘Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN’ to Air April 6th and Explore the Origins of the Network

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"The film accurately captures the amazing story and fans will love it. My thanks to ESPN for their support in the production and all the pioneers who shared their stories. I am looking forward to watching it nearly fifty years after we created it."

Stephen A. Smith Believes He Is Not The Face Of ESPN

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"I don't even try to consider myself that half the time. I work. I put in the work, and the people decide who the face is."

Rich Eisen Believes A Return To ESPN Couldn’t Have Happened In Recent Years

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"I’m feeling a heck of a lot more excited about the future because of my re-entry into ESPN."

ESPN Going Direct-To-Consumer Leads Barrett Media’s Top 5 TV Sports Stories of 2025

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"Many stories captured headlines, but ESPN's decision to go direct-to-consumer easily topped the list as the most important sports television story of 2025."

ESPN Has Run Out Of Ideas, But That’s Not A Bad Thing

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"At some point, we have to stop grading ESPN on the scale of what it used to be and start evaluating it on what the business demands now"

ESPN Announces Wide-Ranging MLB Media Rights Deal Beginning in 2026

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"This fan-friendly agreement allows us to showcase the great sport of baseball on both a local and national level, while prioritizing our streaming future"

ESPN To Stream ‘College GameDay’ for Free Through Pat McAfee’s X Account, ESPN App Due To Ongoing YouTube TV Carriage Dispute

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"If you obviously are in the middle of this dispute that is taking place between ESPN and YouTube TV, if you have the X account at all, GameDay will be live on there for the second week in a row"

ESPN Enters Multi-Year Agreement With DraftKings as Official Sportsbook and Odds Provider

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"Working with DraftKings, a leader in the space, will allow us to build upon that foundation, continue to super-serve passionate sports fans and grow our ESPN direct-to-consumer business"

ESPN, PENN Entertainment End ESPN BET Partnership Effective December 1

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"ESPN drove over 2.9 million new users into the PENN ecosystem, with a strong uptick in first-time bettors this fall. We appreciate the collaboration we had with PENN and are now pursuing other media and marketing opportunities within this space"
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Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

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Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

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"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

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"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

How Matt Barrie Is Prepared To Tackle the Challenge of Hosting SEC Nation

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"If you're a college football junkie like I am, there are few jobs with ESPN that scratch that itch. SEC Nation is one of them."