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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp Believes New Schedule, Format Positions Tour “Better” For Media Partner Deals

"I believe these changes put us in a much better position to compete with all of the alternatives that any media partner has for their programming dollars."

DAZN Reportedly Restructuring For Potential Outside Investment, Initial Public Offering

"DAZN has been expanding aggressively — merging with ViewLift, a leading provider of streaming and digital solutions deeply embedded in U.S. sports, signaling clear ambitions to break into American local sports markets."

MLS Commissioner Don Garber: Sports Rights Will Continue To Grow On Streaming Platforms

"The experiment of a paid subscription didn't work. Do I think we're going there at some point in the future? Maybe five years, maybe 10 years? I agree with that, but we were early."

UEFA Media Rights Reportedly Earn 40% Increase to Over 5 Billion

"The deal spans Europe and the Americas, excluding the United States."

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp on Battle for Media Rights Dollars: “Innovate or Die”

"It's a tough landscape out here for sports fans. They have a lot of choices. Media partners have a lot of choices of who they want to promote and who they want to distribute. If there's anything I learned from the NFL, it's you innovate or you die."

IFL President Jared Widman Celebrates League Momentum Through Yahoo Sports, Overnight With Vision for More

"Yahoo Sports and Overnight already have plans for expansion next year. With more teams comes more games, and we can’t be more thrilled about that."

Main Street Sports Group Reportedly Shutting Down This Month

"With their current agreements dissolving, those organizations are now free to explore new local media rights deals beginning next season."

NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt: Broadcast Must Have “Some Level of Consolidation” To Compete for Sports Rights

"Our member companies need scale if we’re going to compete for that type of dollar to maintain this must-have programming."

DAZN Renews Media Rights Agreement With Golden Boy Boxing

"As we approach a decade with DAZN, we’re going to keep setting the tone for the sport in 2026 and shaping the future of boxing."

Why March Madness Could Benefit From More Than One Broadcast Partner

"As much as fans may desire consistency in a fragmented world, college basketball needs a new coat of paint on its signature event."

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."