"My bosses have given me these opportunities. And whatever that is, I want to try to dominate that box. Whatever that box is, I want to maximize it. I want to make it grow and bloom and flourish with resonance that far surpasses what I had maybe hoped for."
"We're all in the advertising and marketing business, in the small niche world that we live in, and we think, 'Oh yeah, use it to make a headline, use it to write copy or do a summary of something.' And yeah, they're using it for that. But it's a remarkably small percentage. And they're also not using it to any great extent right now for marketing and advertising recommendations."
"iHeartMedia would be best served by dropping its contention over a non-compete breach and allowing Roberts and Strain to move forward. Doing so wouldn't diminish the company's contractual rights. It would demonstrate something far more valuable: perspective."
"You have a historical franchise in the San Francisco 49ers, with a big fan base. You have a burgeoning dynasty in the Kansas City Chiefs and then you've got, whether you like it or not, the Taylor Swift factor."
“Looking back, I think the risk would have been not doing it,” said Mackey. “It's the most fun I have had in my 20-year career doing this. We do consider it the new model for local sports media.”
"We're all in the advertising and marketing business, in the small niche world that we live in, and we think, 'Oh yeah, use it to make a headline, use it to write copy or do a summary of something.' And yeah, they're using it for that. But it's a remarkably small percentage. And they're also not using it to any great extent right now for marketing and advertising recommendations."
"iHeartMedia would be best served by dropping its contention over a non-compete breach and allowing Roberts and Strain to move forward. Doing so wouldn't diminish the company's contractual rights. It would demonstrate something far more valuable: perspective."
This isn't a fair fight, and it never really has been. Broadcast radio and television didn't just bring a spoon to a knife fight here. It brought a feather duster to a bazooka battle.