"You require to have baseball and radio because everybody hasn't died yet who grew up listening to baseball on the radio. But guess what? That generation is going to die at some point."
"The company disclosed the effort in an SEC filing, confirming it has accumulated more than 8 percent of Scripps’ stock in recent weeks as part of a broader strategy to accelerate consolidation across the sector"
“The group who will come on for the sole purpose of 'owning the libs' or performing for the president — I want to be clear, nobody is invited on my program who wants to 'own' anybody."
If I had a question, he answered it. If I needed insight on a network, an executive, or a talent, he had it. Jim could walk me through topics in a way that made the complicated seem obvious.
"It's always been a fast pace, but it's changed dramatically with social media. Not only do journalist use those tools, The White House uses them, too."
On social media, many former colleagues of Avila took to social media to share memories of the venerable newsman, and added condolences for his family and friends.
"You require to have baseball and radio because everybody hasn't died yet who grew up listening to baseball on the radio. But guess what? That generation is going to die at some point."