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John Skipper: ESPN Direct-to-Consumer ‘is Just Overwhelmingly an Aggregation of Content You Can Already Get’
"There are these so-called bells and whistles that will provide – oh, if you round up, maybe 1% of the value here for consumers."
John Skipper: ‘It’s a Coup’ to Get Michael Jordan to Contribute to NBC Sports Coverage of NBA
"How good he’ll be? I don’t know."
Dan Le Batard Addresses Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner Stepping Back From Program
"That's why we left (ESPN) and did what we did, so that we can have people take up their brands and be independent.”
Jon ‘Stugotz’ Weiner Stepping Back From ‘Dan Le Batard Show’
Earlier on Friday, news broke of Meadowlark Media co-founder and chief executive officer John Skipper leaving the company after four years.
John Skipper Leaving Meadowlark Media: Report
Skipper co-founded Meadowlark Media with Dan Le Batard in 2021.
John Skipper: The NFL Draft ‘Is an Astonishing Phenomenon’
"It’s not interesting to watch, but it’s hard to quit watching, particularly if you care about a team."
John Skipper: CBS, TNT Did Not Offer More Money Than ESPN for NCAA Tournament
"They banded together to keep the evil empire from taking the tournament, and TNT took the lion’s share of the money too and got a final."
John Skipper Doesn’t Believe MLB Will Get $600 Million From a ‘Single Entity in the Market’
"My instinct is that ESPN wanted not to go long term because they had other money they were going to have to spend."
John Skipper: New NBA Media Rights Deal is More Important Than Regular-Season Ratings
"We’re back to people thinking the ratings are some dramatic indication of the health of the league."
NFL to Relax Restrictions Against Tom Brady for FOX’s Super Bowl Broadcast, Per Report
One knock against FOX Sports' lead NFL color commentator Tom Brady is that due to his status as a partial owner of the Las...