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The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

John Skipper: Tom Brady Should Choose Between FOX Sports Broadcasts or Raiders Minority Ownership

"He should make a decision about which one he wants to do."

John Skipper: Venu Sports ‘Was Always a Temporary Stopgap’ Before Launch of ESPN Flagship

"This was always a Disney-led effort in my opinion. I thought that Disney always got the preponderance of benefit."

Nick Wright: I Think I Am the Smartest Guy in Sports Media

"...I would think anyone that is in the lane I’m in, if they think there’s someone smarter than them, I would lose respect for them."

Pablo Torre: Meadowlark Media Allows Us to ‘Make Something from Scratch’ That Lives Up to ‘Some Amount of Hype’

"We are paying journalists to go report stories for us. We’re trying to go to death row as well as trying to buy a sculpture of myself made out of butter."

John Skipper: I Think Stephen A. Smith Will Be on ‘Inside the NBA’ at Some Point

"With Stephen A., he is maybe the hardest-working on-air talent – among the hardest-working on-air talents – I ever saw."

John Skipper: Timing of Disney Carriage Deals is ‘By Design’

The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV are currently engaged in a carriage dispute that has caused the Disney portfolio of networks, including ESPN platforms,...

John Skipper: I Have Always Thought Venu Sports ‘Overwhelmingly Benefitted The Walt Disney Company’

Earlier in the month, FuboTV received a preliminary injunction in its antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery...

John Skipper: NBA Made Good Faith Offer to Warner Bros. Discovery

"I genuinely believe that at the start of the negotiation, they would have been quite happy if TNT and ESPN had renewed."

John Skipper: New NBA Media Deal Signals Sports Rights Are ‘Most Valuable Content in the Universe’

The NBA Board of Governors voted to ratify the new media rights deal with The Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, NBCUniversal and Amazon’s Prime Video...

Pablo Torre Finds Success with Meadowlark Media While Still Contributing to ESPN

"We do serious things stupidly and we do stupid things seriously."

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Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

How Matt Barrie Is Prepared To Tackle the Challenge of Hosting SEC Nation

"If you're a college football junkie like I am, there are few jobs with ESPN that scratch that itch. SEC Nation is one of them."