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Is Netflix Preparing For A Sports Media Rights Shopping Spree?

"Perhaps the company's layoffs are simply about controlling costs. However, if they’re part of a larger strategy to redirect resources toward premium live sports, the next chapter of Netflix’s evolution could be its most significant yet."

Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Shaquille O’Neal Opens up About Beginning of Relationship With Charles Barkley

"He's a great guy. He makes me say, man, if I had a big brother, I wish I had a big brother like that."

Pablo Torre to Appear on Bill Simmons’ Podcast Amid Reporting Criticism

"Pablo’s numbers are skyrocketing because he’s doing this reporting around this story that people are really hungry for."

‘The Sports Junkies’ Unsure About Next Contract With 106.7 The Fan

“We don’t really know what the company’s direction is going to be after our current contract.”

David Samson on Stanley Cup, NBA Finals Television Ratings: “Ratings Don’t Matter”

”Do you think the NBA is healthy? Do you think their media is healthy? They're starting deals next year in the billions.”

Kendrick Perkins Ends On-Air Beef With Charles Barkley Ahead Of NBA Finals

"I want the world to know that me and the great Charles Barkley have no beef no more."

FuboTV, DAZN Agree To Multi-Year Integrated Partnership

“Fubo and DAZN’s partnership delivers more premium sports to fans, wherever they choose to watch.”

Gregg Giannotti: I “Don’t Respect” Media Opinions From Carl Banks

"He spent years on this radio station putting people to sleep."

Sports Media: Choose The Biggest Audience or The Right Audience?

“Forget everybody. The new model is catering to people who are somebody!”

Kayla Anderson Details Exit From 104.5 The Zone in Search for Next Opportunity

"It is sad, and I would be lying if I were to say I wasn't sad that it ended like that."

Pablo Torre Offers Interview To Bill Simmons Following Criticism Over Recent Reporting

"I happen to have a few questions for you, specifically. Unless you’re afraid of @PabloFindsOut and someone just ‘pretending to be a journalist,’ of course"

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Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Why News/Talk Radio Stations Must Preserve Their History Before It Disappears

I may be living in some sort of fantasyland that I frequently rail about in these columns. I don’t believe that these special moments are unusual or examples of confirmation bias. This is real life.