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ESPN’s Latest Layoffs Continue the Slow Death of Sports Media’s Middle Class

"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."

The Subscription Question Hanging Over SiriusXM’s Deal With Audacy

"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."

92.5 WXTU’s Nicole Michalik Discusses Crossing Over From Pop to Country

"If vinyl records can have a sexy comeback so can radio."

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Holds a Radio Strategy Secret

Shark Week works because it's built, engineered, and marketed

Al Michaels: ‘I Would End My Career if I Tried to Call Hockey Now’

"You stay in your lane. My lane is not hockey. My lane is watching hockey.”

Sports Media Industry Puts ESPN and Pat McAfee Under a Microscope

“For ESPN, it's easily their biggest content swing in the Pitaro era outside of live sports and it certainly makes their daily lineup more varied, and probably more interesting.”

Pat McAfee Asks Audience to ‘Please Have Faith’ in ESPN Move

"The conversation with the powers that be at ESPN right now and at Disney all had the same exact line up.”

Pat McAfee & ESPN Stole The Show, But They Weren’t the Only Stars at Disney Upfront

“If you look at TV and streaming combined, we have over 94,000 live and original hours of studio and event programming.”

Sports Media Celebrates Pat McAfee/ESPN Deal

“Pat is a proven talent. He and his team have built The Pat McAfee Show into one of the most engaging programs in sports and all of media.”

Pat McAfee Is Headed to ESPN

"McAfee stated on his show last week that his “Up to Something Season” had concluded and to expect an announcement about his future in the next 10 days."

Brett Favre Drops Lawsuit Against Pat McAfee

"I am pleased to report that based solely on me again clarifying these points now, with no settlement paid, Brett is withdrawing his suit against me."

Gregg Giannotti: Why Would Pat McAfee Want To Go To ‘Content-Controlling’ ESPN?

"I try to put myself in his shoes – I’ve got this great deal, I’ve got this creative control, I can say whatever I want, but now I’m going to go over to [Disney], who [is laying] off 7,000 employees and is probably going to have their hands in everything that I do?”

Shannon Sharpe Files Motion to Dismiss Brett Favre Lawsuit

“Favre’s failure to comply with that statute provides an independent ground for dismissal.”

Michael Cole to Pat McAfee: ‘I Won’t Retire Until We Have Another Run Together’ 

“Now, if you’re gonna push that off until I’m 75, we’re gonna have to re-talk.”

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92.5 WXTU’s Nicole Michalik Discusses Crossing Over From Pop to Country

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Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Holds a Radio Strategy Secret

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New Game Lets Radio Pros Win the Ratings War

"The way that the game is developed, the FCC ownership regulations match the time. It gradually loosens to what we have today,"