"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."
"The former NHL defenseman coached Wayne Gretzky's Los Angeles Kings to their first Stanley Cup Final, then spent 27 years as an ESPN analyst starting in the 1990s."
"Our partnership with Audacy significantly expands our podcast capabilities while strengthening our advertising operation as we continue growing the MeidasTouch Network."
"We're all in the advertising and marketing business, in the small niche world that we live in, and we think, 'Oh yeah, use it to make a headline, use it to write copy or do a summary of something.' And yeah, they're using it for that. But it's a remarkably small percentage. And they're also not using it to any great extent right now for marketing and advertising recommendations."
This isn't a fair fight, and it never really has been. Broadcast radio and television didn't just bring a spoon to a knife fight here. It brought a feather duster to a bazooka battle.
Why has there been a lack of innovation in radio over the past decade? It's because even a short-term drop in ratings and revenue is considered a moment to panic. What are Bob and Mary to do? They are prisoners of their companies' covenants.
"Technology is cool. But being a human is so much cooler. People feel connection. We all understand the financial impacts of AI, but the legal aspects are starting to catch up."
"The former NHL defenseman coached Wayne Gretzky's Los Angeles Kings to their first Stanley Cup Final, then spent 27 years as an ESPN analyst starting in the 1990s."
"No manager should blindly react to every social media comment. But no manager should fully dismiss social media feedback simply because it comes from a platform where negativity can thrive."