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Thursday Night Football Packers-Panthers Viewership Continues Impressive Year For Prime Video 

"Panthers-Packers extended the platform's streak of year-over-year viewership gains to seven consecutive games"

House Democrats Push for Anna Gomez Renomination Amid FCC Confirmation Fight

“Ultimately, I know that the Congress intended for this Commission to operate on a bipartisan basis, and it works best when it’s fully staffed and when it has a diversity of viewpoints, which also ensures the stability of our decisions.”

Zimmer Communications Names Mike Stern Director of Programming

"Mike is one of the most respected programming minds in our industry, and we’re incredibly fortunate to have him joining our team."

ESPN Should Use Michael Wilbon’s Absence to Plan Pardon the Interruption’s Future

"ESPN shouldn't wait until the inevitable arrives to start thinking about what comes next. The network has an opportunity to let the audience see what the next chapter could look like without sacrificing what made the original so special."

Amazon Prime Adds Chris Haynes, Marcus Thompson To NBA Broadcast Crews

"The network has been actively assembling a star-studded lineup of on-air talent"

Prime Video ‘Thursday Night Football’ Viewership at All-Time High Through Three Weeks of NFL Season

"Prime Video is off to its strongest start in a decade, averaging 15.83 million viewers through its first three games of the 2025 season"

Paul Finebaum Open to Leaving ESPN, Running for Potential Open Alabama Senate Seat

"It is very intriguing. I am thinking about it constantly, and that's difficult to do as your talking about college football 20 hours a week"

David Samson Returns To ‘Nothing Personal’ Following Family Emergency

"I wasn't ready to talk about it. I wasn't ready to think about it, other than to do what was in front of me, which was to figure out how to deal with something that is unthinkable"

NBCUniversal Signs Mutli-Year Advertising Agreement With DraftKings

"There is no better company to integrate into our unrivaled portfolio of sports properties"

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Reacts to National Viewership Increases Across the Board

"We did really well with our national partners despite the fact people continue to cut the cord"

Crowd React Media ‘State of Sports Report’: Six in Ten Sports Fans Consume Sports-Related Content Daily

"In 2025, one story stands out above all others: sports audiences continue to defy the broader trends shaping the media landscape"

Jeff Pearlman Calls Out ESPN Over ESPN BET Placement in Indiana Football Game Wrap

"You couldn’t even have a story about an Indiana quarterback joking about fu***ng up spreads without putting your own app in there. That is insane"

ROOT Sports Signs Off From Broadcasting Seattle Mariners Baseball

"ROOT Sports, which launched as Northwest Cable Sports in 1988 and later became affiliated with Prime Sports, will cease operations following yesterday's Seattle Mariners game"

Paramount Strikes Media Rights Agreement With TKO Holdings, Zuffa Boxing

"Paramount will be the home for UFC and boxing fans to watch the greatest fights in combat sports"

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House Democrats Push for Anna Gomez Renomination Amid FCC Confirmation Fight

“Ultimately, I know that the Congress intended for this Commission to operate on a bipartisan basis, and it works best when it’s fully staffed and when it has a diversity of viewpoints, which also ensures the stability of our decisions.”

Zimmer Communications Names Mike Stern Director of Programming

"Mike is one of the most respected programming minds in our industry, and we’re incredibly fortunate to have him joining our team."

ESPN Should Use Michael Wilbon’s Absence to Plan Pardon the Interruption’s Future

"ESPN shouldn't wait until the inevitable arrives to start thinking about what comes next. The network has an opportunity to let the audience see what the next chapter could look like without sacrificing what made the original so special."

How Workhouse Media’s John McConnell Turned a Near-Fatal Bike Crash Into a Philanthropy Mission

"I couldn’t move. I had no movement other than a little bit of feeling in my right pinky. In that moment, I thought, ‘This is it. I’m going to die, and this is how I’m going to go out.’”