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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."

Mina Kimes: Charles Barkley Brings a ‘Force of Personality’ on TV

"He is amazing on television not because of his intimate knowledge of the league."

Jerry Lawler No Longer Under a Broadcasting Contract with WWE

“The old company is dead. People can say they hate Vince [McMahon] and Kevin [Dunn] all they want, and they’d be right to do so, but certain people would have been taken care of.  Lawler would have been one, but this isn’t the old WWE."

John Skipper: I Don’t Understand Why Warner Bros. Discovery Let NBA Rights Exit Exclusive Negotiating Window

"These deals always look very, very expensive in the beginning and very, very profitable at the end."

Matt Spiegel: White Sox Broadcaster John Schriffen ‘Doesn’t Know Baseball’

"Give a crap and do some research once you get the job."

Nate Tice Lands Full-Time Role with Yahoo Sports

"Writing, pods, video and plenty more, all with a pleasant purplish hue."

Matt Barnes: The Line in Sports Media Has Been Drawn and Crossed

"I feel like sometimes the networks want you to go that extra mile for views and clicks, and I’ve never looked at it that way."

John Ourand: Warner Bros. Discovery ‘Prioritizes the NBA’

"I believe that Warner Bros. Discovery is going to pull out all the stops in order to keep the NBA."

Tom Ackerman to Once Again Back Up Chip Caray Calling St. Louis Cardinals Games

If the Cardinals are the superior team in the series, I may have some fun things to call...and make it as exciting as possible."

Report: Michael Irvin Out at NFL Network; ‘NFL Total Access’ to End

"An NFL spokesperson said the league-wide cuts were made to 'ensure the continued strength of our game and the business.'"

Urban Edge Network and HBCU+ Announce Partnership with Paramount Broadcasting Communication

“This historic agreement makes us extremely eager to get started."

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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.