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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."

Pat McAfee Responds to Viral John Mellencamp Social Media Post: “Shut the F**k Up”

"You could have easily done that, John, but instead you try to think you were going to bury me. I don’t think so, John."

Scott Hanson Is Returning To NFL RedZone

"For those wondering. Yes, I will be there. We have a lot of touchdowns to watch together!"

Pablo Torre Bans Nick Wright From His Show

"I am now banning officially Nick Wright."

KNBR Officially Move Studios Out Of San Francisco

“This really does symbolize a new era at KNBR.”

Skip Bayless Believes Sports Media Use of ‘Punk’d’ References a Gay Slur

"I’m pretty sure that term evolved from a gay slur. In fact, just me, I consider that term a gay slur."

Connoisseur Media CEO Sues Soros Fund Over Potential Purchase of Audacy

"The lawsuit stems from a claim that Del Nin agreed to make Warshaw CEO of Audacy after the company exited its recent bankruptcy reorganization, or alternatively, to pay Warshaw 5% of Soros’ profits from the arrangement"

Why Ryan Clark Needs to Pivot Now More Than Ever

"For Ryan Clark, these past two weeks have severely damaged the credibility he has built over the past decade with ESPN."

ESPN ‘Around the Horn’ Series Finale Averages 482,000 Viewers: Report

Karp reported that "Pardon the Interruption" with Tony Kornhesier and Michael Wilbon outdrew the finale of Around the Horn, eliciting an average of 649,000 viewers on the day.

Kimberley A. Martin Signs Multiyear Deal to Remain with ESPN

Throughout the NFL season, Martin traveled across the country to chronicle developments and stories surrounding regular-season and postseason contests.

Pablo Torre: Media Companies are ‘Tech Companies in Which the Math is Kind of Obvious’

"Authenticity though seems to be something that somehow amid all of this multivariate, algorithmic stuff is surfacing as something that people still respond to."

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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.