"I’m in the gaming space. There’s not a lot of high-level ex-professional athletes in the gaming space at this level. I don’t know any, to be honest. There’s a lot of gamers that can identify with me, and that’s what I hope to bring to VSiN."
"They wanted someone who'd share the same passions they had when they founded it. It's been a conversation for the last 10 years of my time with Salem. It was always about who will succeed us. Who will have that same level of passion for our formats and our mission? I think it was providential that they found WaterStone. They're very much in that same camp."
"MLB has spent years talking about the importance of growing the game, reaching younger audiences and making baseball easier to watch. That mission doesn't begin with finding another streaming subscriber during the postseason."
"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 are excited to announce that Danny Zederman, in addition to his Director of Content duties for ESPN Chicago, will now serve as GKB Director of Content."
"They wanted someone who'd share the same passions they had when they founded it. It's been a conversation for the last 10 years of my time with Salem. It was always about who will succeed us. Who will have that same level of passion for our formats and our mission? I think it was providential that they found WaterStone. They're very much in that same camp."
"MLB has spent years talking about the importance of growing the game, reaching younger audiences and making baseball easier to watch. That mission doesn't begin with finding another streaming subscriber during the postseason."