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ESPN’s Frozen Frenzy Posts Big Viewership Gains in Year Four

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"The Frozen Frenzy Whiparound show on ESPN2 averaged 105K viewers, a 54% year-over-year gain."

Katie Zacharia, Aubrey Huff and the Art of Failing Fast

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"A bad decision isn’t the end of the line if you make more good decisions than bad."

College Football Playoff Expansion Leaves Broadcast Opportunities on the Sidelines

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"Expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams will give more programs a chance to compete for a national championship. But the sport is missing a golden opportunity to expand something else just as important: the voices bringing those games to life."

Chuck Damico: Country Radio Has an Energy That Rock Lost

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"A lot of other businesses ... could probably learn a lot from how the country radio and country music community operates and supports each other."

Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon Earn 43rd Walter Cronkite Award of Excellence in Journalism

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"To receive an honor bearing Walter Cronkite’s name is humbling, because you immediately think about the standard he set for journalism."

Explaining The Difficult Balance in Sports Reporting That the Public Never Considers

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"Fans judge reporters by the stories they publish. They never see the ones that stay in a notebook because they don't affect the game, the team or the public."

Sports Media Has a Serious Reporting Problem

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"Nobody in the sports media business who values the truth should feel good about reporters failing to report the Kyle Shanahan or LeBron James stories in real time."

Jemele Hill: Journalism Continues To Be Phased Out In Sports Broadcasting

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"In an attention economy, what matters is who can draw the attention. Sometimes it doesn't matter often whether it's good attention or bad attention. If you can captivate audience, that is what your biggest selling point will be."

Michael DeCourcy Officially Retires From The Sporting News

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"My wife and I moved back to Pittsburgh two years ago after having been away for 32 years. It’s our hometown, and our families live here. It’s a chance to spend more time with my wife."

David Roberts Reflects on Retirement, Diversity, and the Future of ESPN

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"Working at ESPN, you’re working with arguably the best people in the industry. Because of that, a great deal of our goals were accomplished through collective effort and teamwork. It’s nice to sit back and reflect on the things we accomplished as a team together."

Joon Lee Reveals How He’s Turned an ESPN Layoff Into a Thriving YouTube Career

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"For me, this was a time in my life to try and take a big swing and might as well go for it. Because I don’t have any kids that are dependent on me. It felt like the right time to take a risk."

Stephen A. Smith Defends Himself Following the Standards of Journalism as a Reporter

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"I've always conducted myself in a way that upholds the standards of journalism. I don't go on the air and run off at the mouth."

Dianna Russini Learned When You Don’t Control the Message, It Controls You

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"Dianna Russini’s resignation underscores a hard truth in modern media: optics and silence can define a career as much as your reporting."

How J.A. Adande Explores Legacy Through Journalism and Evolution With “Dynastic”

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"Dynastic fills a niche to look back and understand. I want to promote a historical understanding."
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Katie Zacharia, Aubrey Huff and the Art of Failing Fast

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"A bad decision isn’t the end of the line if you make more good decisions than bad."

College Football Playoff Expansion Leaves Broadcast Opportunities on the Sidelines

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"Expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams will give more programs a chance to compete for a national championship. But the sport is missing a golden opportunity to expand something else just as important: the voices bringing those games to life."

Chuck Damico: Country Radio Has an Energy That Rock Lost

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"A lot of other businesses ... could probably learn a lot from how the country radio and country music community operates and supports each other."

Could Canada’s Radio Diary Replacement Be the Future of US Radio Ratings?

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PPM didn’t make sense financially in smaller Canadian markets, which remained reliant on a diary-based system. Numeris and its stakeholders recognized that the industry required a system that more accurately reflects how Canadians engage with radio today, while reducing volatility and improving consistency across markets.