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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."

Connor McKnight Joins White Sox Broadcasts on Chicago Sports Network, Leaving ESPN Chicago Per Report

Connor McKnight, who has hosted Chicago White Sox pre- and post-game shows and filled in doing play-by-play is leaving ESPN Chicago to take a...

Stephen A. Smith: I Believe I Will Re-Sign with ESPN

"I’m ready for everybody, and even my colleagues have always said when the lights come on, it’s something different that happens to me."

During Sales Presentations, Just Provide Solutions to the Client’s Challenges

"Anything you say in the CNA can and will be used against you in the presentation."

Pete Medhurst Passes Away Following Battle with Brain Cancer

Audacy in Washington D.C. and 106.7 The Fan sadly announced the passing of Pete Medhurst, a longtime employee who passed away Monday night, surrounded...

WFAN to Broadcast Tuesday Edition of ‘Evan & Tiki’ Live from Barclays Center Ahead of Knicks-Nets

"Late in the show around 5:30 or so, Tiki Barber will pay off his, ‘He wasn’t good at NFL picks this year’ bet..."

Is Market Mobility Still a Thing in Sports Radio?

Market mobility, when it existed, was the sign of a company and boss that took an interest in what came out of their listeners’ speakers.

Boomer Esiason: Tom Brady Situation with FOX Sports, Raiders is ‘100% a Conflict of Interest’

"...Tom Brady has chosen the path of Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth, all the lead announcers to go from the field into the booth and suffer the slings and arrows of the criticism that comes along with that."

Bruce Gilbert Continues to Innovate and Be Part of the Change at Cumulus Media and Westwood One

"I just want my key card to keep working so they’ll let me into the building."

Lance Medow Leaves SiriusXM After 15 Years

A longtime SiriusXM voice has bid farewell to his longtime employer. Lance Medow served as a voice for countless Mad Dog Sports Radio and...

Broadcast Agents are Focused on Digital Opportunities, Why Aren’t More Radio Stations?

You have zero opportunity to succeed in the future. Your station is what people commonly refer to as 'Dead Man Walking'.

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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.