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Facebook Tests New Video Feed Experience for Mobile App

"Video is where conversations are happening, communities are forming, and even commerce is starting to take place.”

Linda Cohn: ESPN PR Handling of Ryan Clark Layoff Made Everyone Else an Afterthought

"The ESPN layoffs, that was awful. What made it even worse, if that could be possible was the way ESPN PR handled it or mishandled it. They treated everyone on this latest firing list with zero respect. Zero."

New Podcast Atlas Survey: Clips On Social Become Top Podcast Discovery Tool

"Clips put podcast content into the same feeds where the mass-reach money is already going, which makes them the one piece of the podcast world that operates at social-platform scale."

Cecilia Vega: CBS News Hasn’t Told Me Why I Was Fired From 60 Minutes

"It’s been about three months now … and I don’t know."

TV and Radio Are Heading in Opposite Directions

Remember newspapers? For those that are too young to remember, we used to get these rolled up bundles of information delivered to our homes or...

Barstool Sports Now Valued at $100 Million

Barstool Sports may not be everyone's cup of tea but that's just fine with their majority owner Chernin Group. The investment firm led by...

A-Rod and Vasgergian Join Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN

Invoke whichever sports phrase you wish but since this is baseball related news we're going to keep it simple - ESPN hit a home...

Previewing The Annual BSM Top 20 in Sports Radio

Next week, Barrett Sports Media will introduce its third annual Top 20 in sports radio. The six day series highlights the top morning, midday,...

Michelle Smallmon Returns to 101 ESPN

Michelle Smallmon is heading home. After recently announcing her departure from ESPN Radio, the former producer for Ryen Russillo, Danny Kanell, Will Cain and...

A Conversation About Leadership

I recently had the good fortune of having dinner with one of the top executives in broadcasting when the topic of leadership came up...

Chris Jericho and Westwood One Announce Partnership

Westwood One has added six-time WWE champion, rock vocalist, and New York Times bestselling author Chris Jericho to its stable. Jericho will move his popular...

FOX Interested in Thursday Night Football

According to a Bloomberg report, FOX is attempting to acquire the broadcast rights to Thursday Night Football. Some expected FOX, who retained their broadcast network along with national...

A Mixed Bag of Sports Media Subjects

There have been a number of things happening in sports and media that have captured my attention lately. Rather than writing a normal column...

Cubs Remain Determined To Launch TV Network

In recent years, Cubs’ owners, the Ricketts family, have raised ticket prices, added large video boards to Wrigley Field to capitalize on advertising revenue,...

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Linda Cohn: ESPN PR Handling of Ryan Clark Layoff Made Everyone Else an Afterthought

"The ESPN layoffs, that was awful. What made it even worse, if that could be possible was the way ESPN PR handled it or mishandled it. They treated everyone on this latest firing list with zero respect. Zero."

New Podcast Atlas Survey: Clips On Social Become Top Podcast Discovery Tool

"Clips put podcast content into the same feeds where the mass-reach money is already going, which makes them the one piece of the podcast world that operates at social-platform scale."

Cecilia Vega: CBS News Hasn’t Told Me Why I Was Fired From 60 Minutes

"It’s been about three months now … and I don’t know."

Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2026 Voting Now Open

"Over 160 broadcast professionals with Texas radio ties entered the nomination process."