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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."

Jimmy Pitaro: ESPN Direct-to-Consumer Platform is Not Looking ‘to Get People to Cut the Cord’

"I would say that the way we’re looking at this is being additive."

Scott Van Pelt: Having a Loyal Audience Creates Value

Over the last several decades at ESPN, Scott Van Pelt has been a familiar face to millions of viewers across different editions of SportsCenter...

John Ourand is Covering Sports Business in a New Way at ‘Puck’

"All you have to do is hit ‘Reply,’ and our style of writing and our way of getting things out makes it very conversational, and that just seems to work really well for us."

Jimmy Pitaro: Disney, ESPN Feel ‘Really, Really Good’ About Partnership with NBA

The NBA recently announced its forthcoming media rights partnerships under new, 11-year contracts with The Walt Disney Company (ESPN/ABC), NBCUniversal (NBC/Peacock) and Amazon (Prime...

John Ourand: ‘Looks Like’ Netflix Will Carry Two NFL Games on Christmas Day

"The two sides still have to clear some hurdles before any deal is announced."

John Ourand: Warner Bros. Discovery ‘Prioritizes the NBA’

"I believe that Warner Bros. Discovery is going to pull out all the stops in order to keep the NBA."

John Ourand Leaving Sports Business Journal for Puck News

"John Ourand is an incredibly talented, kind person who helped us all be better. We wish him the best in the future and know he will continue to thrive and we all will be watching and reading.”

Audacy Partners With Puck for Putin Podcast Series

The first two episodes of About a Boy were released today, with new episodes releasing each Wednesday through October 25th.

Puck News: No Truth To Apple Buying Disney Rumors

“The idea of Apple buying Disney comes at an interesting 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."