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ESPN’s Latest Layoffs Continue the Slow Death of Sports Media’s Middle Class

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"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."

The Subscription Question Hanging Over SiriusXM’s Deal With Audacy

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"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."

92.5 WXTU’s Nicole Michalik Discusses Crossing Over From Pop to Country

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"If vinyl records can have a sexy comeback so can radio."

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Holds a Radio Strategy Secret

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Shark Week works because it's built, engineered, and marketed

From ESPN to ‘The Athletic,’ Jayson Stark Remains Baseball’s Five-Tool Player

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"I’ve been really lucky in my life to work in great places with great people, but there’s never been anything quite like this."

ESPN Wanted Annual MLB Rights Fee Reduction by $350 Million: Report

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ESPN was reportedly aiming to slash its annual rights fee to no more than $200 million per year.

MASN Dispute Between Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals Resolved

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"Following the 2025 MLB season, the Washington Nationals will be free to explore alternative options for their television rights"

Marquee Sports Network, Chicago Sports Network Could Land on Higher-Priced Comcast Tier: Report

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Comcast has about 1 million subscribers in the Chicago marketplace and is among the largest cable television providers in the United States.

John Skipper Doesn’t Believe MLB Will Get $600 Million From a ‘Single Entity in the Market’

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"My instinct is that ESPN wanted not to go long term because they had other money they were going to have to spend."

Dan Le Batard: ESPN is ‘Not Paying Very Much Care to Baseball’

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"...as the sport shrunk and regionally, cable networks bought things up, ESPN covered baseball a lot less than they used to – a lot less well, and just with a lot fewer resources."

‘MLB on FOX’ Announces Plans For 2025 Regular-Season Schedule

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"The 'Baseball Night in America' franchise will return starting on Saturday, May 3 and will feature various showdowns throughout the year."

David Samson: MLB and ESPN Will Not Renew – ‘It’s Done’

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“The next thing you’re going to hear is MLB with a new broadcaster. How interesting that will be.”

Sean Pendergast: Lack of Baseball Coverage on ESPN Outside of Game Broadcasts is ‘100% True’

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"If you watch shows like 'First Take' and 'Get Up,' there’s no baseball coverage on there."

MLB, ESPN Agree To End Current Broadcast Agreement Following 2025 Season

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“We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with Major League Baseball and proud of how ESPN’s coverage super-serves fans,”
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