What's long been rumored as the slow fade of Stern's career appears to have finally arrived. This isn't retirement, and it isn't cancellation. It's something murkier.
"You see so many people doing multiple things across the network under the ESPN umbrella. I’ve certainly benefitted from that... The fact that people believe I can do this in addition to everything else, that to me why I feel so validated."
"Convincing millions of subscribers to abandon the on-demand habits that made Netflix the world's biggest streaming service may prove far more expensive than any rights agreement it ever signs."
"I'm not trying to sales pitch them an opinion. Their opinion is theirs, and if I do my job right, they'd agree with me — but I'm not going to try to make that an entry barrier."
"We don't really do much politics anymore because everybody's so entrenched. Everybody's in one camp or the other, and there's no way you can convince them to get out."
"She routinely brags about how many views she gets on YouTube compared to others, so maybe that’s what it’s all about. I don’t know, but I also don’t care."
That ability to make the local feel universal isn't a small skill. It's arguably the most valuable one in the format. And if you can master it locally, there's every reason to believe it carries over to a national platform.
"You see so many people doing multiple things across the network under the ESPN umbrella. I’ve certainly benefitted from that... The fact that people believe I can do this in addition to everything else, that to me why I feel so validated."
"Convincing millions of subscribers to abandon the on-demand habits that made Netflix the world's biggest streaming service may prove far more expensive than any rights agreement it ever signs."
"Great broadcasters have always examined and unpacked complicated issues so local communities can understand them. It should be no different when AI data centers are involved."