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ESPN’s Latest Layoffs Continue the Slow Death of Sports Media’s Middle Class

"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."

The Subscription Question Hanging Over SiriusXM’s Deal With Audacy

"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."

92.5 WXTU’s Nicole Michalik Discusses Crossing Over From Pop to Country

"If vinyl records can have a sexy comeback so can radio."

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week Holds a Radio Strategy Secret

Shark Week works because it's built, engineered, and marketed

Should Broadcaster Salaries Be Made Public?

"If you were working in a smaller market, making 50K per year, and your salary got reported in the press and discussed in media circles, how would it sit with you?"

Dan Le Batard: Stephen A. Smith Can Make $18 Million Per Year on His Own

"He’s going to want power and a bunch of other things because he is the modern-day Howard Cosell whether you like it or not..."

ESPN Announces Coverage Plans for Inaugural Two-Day NBA Draft

The ESPN team will feature Malika Andrews, Andraya Carter, Jay Bilas and Richard Jefferson. ABC will have Kevin Negandhi hosting alongside Stephen A. Smith and Bob Myers.

Report: Stephen A. Smith Offered $18 Million Per Year Contract by ESPN

"Smith has reportedly been seeking some $25 million per year."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘If You Want Somebody Else’s Money, You Got to Give Them a Little Bit of What They Want Too’

"You got to show a willingness to capitulate to those who are paying the money and what they want, to some degree – not totally."

Stephen A. Smith: Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson ‘Were Truly an A-Team’

"They were an illustrious tag team that the basketball world enjoyed for more than a decade."

Sports TV’s Star Era is Over, So What is Stephen A. Smith Worth Now at ESPN?

“The future is about meeting your audience’s needs on demand and putting a focus on what it is audiences will pay a premium to see. I don’t think that describes studio debate shows.”

Caitlin Clark Media Coverage is Good for Everybody in the WNBA

By tuning in to see what Clark does, viewers are also noticing the many other great WNBA players.

Stephen A. Smith: ‘Shannon Sharpe is on Another Level’ on ESPN ‘First Take’

Earlier in the week, ESPN announced that it signed Shannon Sharpe to a multiyear contract extension in which he will continue his appearances on...

Stephen A. Smith: Peter Rosenberg Misconstrued What I Said or ‘Flat Out Just Lied on Purpose’

“You sitting there and you on a station, they playing hip hop music, that make you down, now? You think you know what’s better than me? Is that what this is?”

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92.5 WXTU’s Nicole Michalik Discusses Crossing Over From Pop to Country

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New Game Lets Radio Pros Win the Ratings War

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