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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."

Kevin Harlan Honored by Minnesota Timberwolves

"He left his mark on this city with his iconic calls. It's hard to imagine the NBA without hearing Kevin's voice and it all started here."

Rules Analyst John Parry Leaves ESPN

“Top to bottom, they were fabulous, from [ESPN chairman] Jimmy Pitaro all the way to the backend."

Katie Mox Signs Contract Extension with CBS Sports

“I will be taking my talents to South [Florida]” to join the amazing HQ team in Fort Lauderdale!"

Eavesdropping: 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, FOX Sports Radio

Whether the topic was the NBA, the Dallas Cowboys, the roast of Tom Brady, officiating, gout or heat packs versus ice baths, the hosts move through the topics at a good pace.

Mike Greenberg: Getting Reads In is ‘The Most Important Part of the Job’

"If you did the reads, then nothing that terrible happened."

Rob Parker Announces New Launch Date for ‘Sports Rap Radio’ in Detroit

"Technical issues got us. Sports Rap Radio IS coming. Be patient."

ESPN Set to Begin 28th Season with WNBA; ‘WNBA Countdown’ Expands Coverage

ESPN, which has carried WNBA games since its inception in 1997, will begin its 28th season with a doubleheader that features Caitlin Clark and...

Shaquille O’Neal Releases Diss Track Towards Shannon Sharpe

"you can never break the UNBreakable. and to all the people that kno both of us don’t call me, it will never be a sit down."

Report: Jason and Travis Kelce Podcast ‘New Heights’ Could be Headed to Amazon

Ashley Carman from Bloomberg reported at the end of February that industry executives believe 'New Heights' could be looking at a possible eight figure payday.

John Ourand: ‘Looks Like’ Netflix Will Carry Two NFL Games on Christmas Day

"The two sides still have to clear some hurdles before any deal is announced."

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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.