"Viewers know exactly what they're getting from First Take, just as they know what to expect from Pardon the Interruption. When a formula continues to deliver results and remains central to a show's identity, changing it during growing success rarely makes sense."
"The point of creating and distributing content is to serve it to an audience that values it, and connect partners to it who can grow their businesses by being associated with it."
"They can forgive a bad break, a bad song, a bad ad. But they can't wait for it to be good. If you're doing it right, they'll stay. If you're not, they'll leave."
“There’s not really an offseason for the NBA, and I think that’s what makes the league fun...that’s what makes it so exciting and makes you want to get up every day in the morning.”
An investment from Chernin's group to Omaha Productions would allow the company to "expand further into digital content, podcasts and sports-adjacent entertainment".
"You waited till (sic) your hit piece was done and now you just need to say you gave me a fair chance to speak even though you have no interest in the truth and your article is already written".
Passan said "I have no idea if Twitter is going to be around today, tomorrow, next week, next year" and said he wanted fans to have a "break-glass-in-case-of-emergency-plan".
"The point of creating and distributing content is to serve it to an audience that values it, and connect partners to it who can grow their businesses by being associated with it."
"They can forgive a bad break, a bad song, a bad ad. But they can't wait for it to be good. If you're doing it right, they'll stay. If you're not, they'll leave."
"The responses I’ve received, it’s humbling. In our divided world today, especially on social media. This entire journey has renewed my faith in humanity. There are still a lot of really good people out there."