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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."

iHeartMedia Announces Partnership With BIG3 Basketball

"This partnership is the culmination of a years-long valued relationship, and I could not be more pleased to be taking things to the next level this summer."

Shan Shariff on ‘Inside the NBA’ Finale: “No One Cares About TNT”

"Same crew, same studio, same production. A little bit too much hoopla here for this. This isn't a goodbye. You're changing the logo."

Charles Barkley: I Will Give TNT Sports Two More Years and ‘Be a Good Soldier’

"This is the TNT people because I think my contract technically is still with TNT, but I’m going to be a good soldier."

Sean Roberts Promoted To Program Director Of KXnO Des Moines

"He is incredibly dedicated to making KXnO as successful as possible, and we look forward to his leadership in this position."

Boomer Esiason: I Don’t See Why Pat McAfee Would Just “Attack” John Mellencamp

"I don't know which McAfee are we getting. Are we getting sensitive McAfee, are we getting wrestling McAfee?"

Steph Curry: “For Sure” Would Consider Broadcasting Following NBA Career

"I would be more patient about what would be the right opportunity for me. Anything that I would do I want to all in on it."

Gene Wojciechowski Marks Final Day on ESPN Books

"After 27 1/2 yrs, my official last day on the ESPN books."

John Brenkus, Co-Creator and Host of ‘Sport Science,’ Passes Away at Age of 54

"His heartbroken family and friends request privacy at this time, and encourage anyone who is struggling with depression to seek help."

Greg Olsen: There’s No Personal Animosity With Anyone At FOX Sports

"There's this idea that there's personal animosity and competition. There's not.."

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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.