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Linda Cohn: ESPN PR Handling of Ryan Clark Layoff Made Everyone Else an Afterthought
"The ESPN layoffs, that was awful. What made it even worse, if that could be possible was the way ESPN PR handled it or mishandled it. They treated everyone on this latest firing list with zero respect. Zero."
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."
Dan Patrick: ESPN Should “Show More Dignity” With Layoffs Approach
"The only thing that I would say is show dignity to those people in how you let them go. That's all."
Stephen A. Smith Reveals He Was Consulted About Ryan Clark Being a Part of ESPN Layoffs
"Was I asked what I thought what my feelings were? Yes, I was. Of course I said we have to keep them. But I don't get to make those decisions."
Mark Schlereth: ESPN Didn’t Feel Ryan Clark Could “Hold That In” When Pulled From NFL Live
"I don't think they felt comfortable that Ryan Clark would be able to hold that in. So, they let him go for the day and then pulled him off air before he had a chance."
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."
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."
Karl Ravech Departing ESPN As Network Begins Layoffs
"Ravech is just the second name reported as part of ESPN's roster cuts. The cuts come as the network absorbs the NFL Network as part of a 10% equity stake acquisition by the NFL."
Ryan Clark Out As NFL Analyst For ESPN
"Clark joined ESPN in 2015 and became a regular voice on NFL Live and Monday Night Countdown."
Stephen A. Smith: Dan Orlovsky Won’t Remain At ESPN “Much Longer”
"I’ll say this on national television to the bosses at ESPN. We need to cherish the people that we have."