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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."

Early World Series Ratings Down in U.S. But Soar Internationally

"The drop was expected, given that the Blue Jays aren’t part of Nielsen’s U.S.-based market ratings and last year’s matchup featured two massive American fan bases"

Don LaGreca Is Living a Dream With the New Jersey Devils With His ESPN New York Future Unknown

"My contract is up at the end of the year. I have seven-year-old twins, so right now every decision I make is based on what’s best for my family"

‘Sunday Night Football’ Continues Record Viewership Pace for NBC Sports

"SNF is averaging 24.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock — the largest average audience through Week 8 in the 20-season history of the series"

Kevin Durant Doesn’t Like “Arrogance” of Certain Former Athletes Turned Analysts

"The way they talk, they’ve never been the best player. You’ve never walked through the situation before when the whole scouting report is tailored to stop you"

St. John’s Basketball Radio Broadcasts Moving To ESPN New York

"The Red Storm have an agreement in place to broadcast their games on ESPN Radio’s 880 AM and 1050 AM"

Kendrick Perkins Reveals Growth at ESPN Came With No Pay for Over a Year

"I had to earn my stripes at that motherf*****g network. My first year and a half, I worked there for free. Motherf*****s don’t even know"

ESPN Reportedly Eyes Scott Van Pelt as Leading Candidate To Host Program Officially Replacing ‘Around the Horn’

"ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus confirmed Van Pelt is under consideration for the hour, which sits between NFL Live and Pardon The Interruption"

93.7 The Fan Host Andrew Fillipponi Turns Nipple Piercing Wager Into Cancer Research Fundraiser

"Best part is all of the money that is raised is going to go to fight cancer with the Magee-Womens Institute Research Center"

ESPN Announces Third Annual Animated Monday Night Football Game Broadcast

"Each iteration of Funday Football has pushed the boundary of what’s possible in sports technology"

UFC Extends Partnership With Paramount Into Australia and Latin America in 2026

"The partnership with Paramount has already been incredible and it just keeps getting bigger and better"

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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.