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Meet The Leaders: Keith Dakin, SVP Programming, Connoisseur Media

"We’ve done everything we can to establish our footprint in these local markets. Hire OMs and salespeople and make sure we have morning shows. Now we just got to hope it works. It’s been the big experiment to go back to doing radio the way it was."

Pat McAfee Is Having a Howard Stern-Like Impact on Sports Media

"Howard Stern faced plenty of the same criticism throughout his career. He wasn't universally loved, nor did he need to be. He understood how to make people pay attention, and McAfee has figured out how to do the same in a different era."

The Industry According to: Alex Whiley, Glassnote Records,

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How Conrad Thompson Used Wrestling Nostalgia To Build a Podcasting Empire

"The big challenge with mainstream media is monetizing advertising for wrestling. There is a perception that wrestling fans are low class, uneducated, and low income. That's not reality. I can tell you firsthand because I've done thousands of mortgages for fans of my podcasts."

Sports Media Reacts to Adam Schefter Report on Deshaun Watson

Many pointed out the conundrum that Watson couldn't show "signs of progress" if he hadn't done anything wrong, which he has maintained throughout the entire ordeal.

ESPN Is Telling Redemption Stories For Guys Who Didn’t Earn Them

"Redemption narratives are easy. They are for storytellers what naming a local restaurant on stage is to Mick Jagger - a short path to a cheap pop."

MLB Network Going All-In With Winter Meetings Coverage

“You’re chasing news the entire time. We’re obviously trying to make sure everything we’re getting is accurate – that’s most important – because there can be a lot of false information out there.”

FanDuel TV Strikes Deal With ONE Championship Martial Arts

“We’ve long respected the content the ONE Championship team is producing and are looking forward to bringing their action to our audience through FanDuel TV and FanDuel+.”

Bob Costas Re-Lives First Announcing Assignment For NBC

"My biography usually says I began with them in 1980, but technically the first time I was on the air with them was in December 1979."

Tom Crean Returns to ESPN As College Basketball Analyst

"You look around, you realize everybody is working at an extremely rapid pace. I might get emails for the next morning’s ‘SportsCenter’ at 2:30 in the morning.”

ESPN Plans 20 Hours of College Football Playoff Selection Coverage

The College Football Playoff teams will be unveiled at 12:15 PM ET, with the rest of the New Year's Six matchup being revealed at 2:30 PM.

Al Michaels: Condensed Prep Time For Thursday Night Football ‘A Downside’

"It’s not that they don’t want to be with us, but they’re condensed too, so there’s less time to give to us."

Mike Milbury: Jack Edwards Is ‘Awkward’ and ‘A Different Breed’

"Like him or love him, I'm not gonna judge him. As a guy that's been cancelled, I have no right anymore."

Jimmy Pitaro: Reaching Younger Audience A Priority for ESPN

"The thing that keeps me up at night is how do we reach the younger audience. As an industry in general, we need to figure out how to be more relevant to younger people."

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Pat McAfee Is Having a Howard Stern-Like Impact on Sports Media

"Howard Stern faced plenty of the same criticism throughout his career. He wasn't universally loved, nor did he need to be. He understood how to make people pay attention, and McAfee has figured out how to do the same in a different era."

The Industry According to: Alex Whiley, Glassnote Records,

Thank you for checking out The Industry According To....

How Conrad Thompson Used Wrestling Nostalgia To Build a Podcasting Empire

"The big challenge with mainstream media is monetizing advertising for wrestling. There is a perception that wrestling fans are low class, uneducated, and low income. That's not reality. I can tell you firsthand because I've done thousands of mortgages for fans of my podcasts."

10 Thoughts from 13 Years of Radio Consulting

When I was going to Michigan State, radio station...