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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

Shannon Sharpe Inks Multiyear Extension with ESPN, to Expand Role on ‘First Take’

"I look forward to expanding my role and showing more of the world what I have to offer."

Meet The Bettors: Mike Francesa, BetRivers

Who do you like in the game?’ ‘Who do you like in the series?’ That’s really what sports talk has always been about, opinions. I mean that’s always a part of it.”

Stephen A. Smith Doesn’t Create Stars, ESPN Does

Smith taking credit for the success of First Take contributors makes him look like a vulture more than a king-maker.

Stephen A. Smith: Statement by Monica McNutt on ‘First Take’ Was ‘Highly Offensive’

"You ever heard of Monica McNutt? You have now – because she’s on 'First Take' a lot."

Stephen A. Smith: ‘I Think I Can Do This for Another 25-30 Years The Way That I’m Feeling’

"I’m of the mindset, ‘I want to do more than sports,’ and anybody that wants to limit me to just sports is not going to be somebody I want to work for."

Monica McNutt to Stephen A. Smith: You Could Have Been Talking About WNBA More ‘Three Years Ago if You Wanted To’

"Welcome to the world of being a woman, Stephen A., and how you have to dance about your word choice and you have to please anybody and everybody as you navigate your being."

Which Areas of Executive Performance Should Be Known in Media Companies?

"How do we know if a CEO, executive, market manager or PD is outperforming or underperforming?"

Dan Le Batard: I Didn’t Give Them ‘Exactly What They Wanted’ in Interview for ‘Up for Debate’ ESPN Docuseries

"I sat down with their team for about 90 minutes, and I don’t know if I was cut out of it."

Stephen A. Smith: Draymond Green Claims Do Not Have a Shred of Merit

"I have a job to do – that is absolutely true – and if I did what Draymond Green said I did, I wouldn’t apologize for it because I’m doing my job."

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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

New Game Lets Radio Pros Win the Ratings War

"The way that the game is developed, the FCC ownership regulations match the time. It gradually loosens to what we have today,"