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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."

What is Pardon the Interruption in a YouTube World?

“Its success robbed the show of its unique identity.”

ESPN’s ‘Pardon the Interruption’ Could Become an Hour-Long Show Following ‘Around The Horn’ Cancellation, Per Report

Could ESPN’s replacement for Around the Horn already be on its airwaves? According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, ESPN is considering extending ATH’s...

Michael Wilbon: Everyone in Sports Media Makes Topics Harder Than Needed

"'Let's make it hard so we can have many layers and several days (of content)!'"

Tony Kornheiser: ‘I Was Sort of Surprised at Reaction’ of Return to PTI Studio

"I was excited to go in. I’m excited to see if in three days, I get COVID because that’s my great fear. It was fun to do."

Tony Kornheiser: Real Sports Showcased Best Journalism on Sports TV & Beyond

“Bryant also lowered his standards enough to feature PTI in a segment when we were a fledgling show, and it meant the world to us.”

Jeff Agrest: ‘Michael Wilbon Sounds Like Northwestern Athletic Director’

"Michael Wilbon, award-winning journalist, essentially is playing the role of a flack for his alma mater."

Dan Le Batard: Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon ‘Are Above Cuts’ at ESPN

"You guys are now above cuts, like you've got seniority.”

Pardon The Interruption Sees Highest-Rated Show in Five Years

It is the largest audience for the show since January 9th, 2018.

Bob Ryan: Around The Horn Doesn’t Exist Without PTI

“It is the most successful spin-off probably in American TV sports history.”

BSM’s 2019 Sports TV Draft: The Top 30 Shows of All-Time

"30 sports media writers, former TV execs, and social media personalities helped draft the Top 30 sports TV shows of all-time"

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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."