In 1970, newspapers were doing OK, still making money from subscriptions, display advertising, and want ads (remember those?). Many big markets had two papers, and perhaps one was "failing." Who could have accurately predicted where the newspaper business would be in 2026?
"My hope is Dan [Le Batard] and I will meet up or we'll speak on the phone and we'll try to hash this out. But if we continue to have the same god damn conversation that he and I have been having now for almost a year. I'm telling you, I'm getting pretty close to giving up."
"Imagine how hard it must be for me to protect the relationship with him, and keeping his name on the show in service of wanting him back so the audience can have what it wants. Because I want it to."
"It was so hard for her to come by her credibility, and now we're going to do this s**t. So I don't want to give it oxygen, but everybody wants to talk about it."
"If Dennis Miller and Tony Kornheiser don’t work on the Monday Night Football broadcast… a comedian around baseball is just simply not going to work on the broadcast."
"When it comes to sports, we can disagree. But if you’re just trying to shut up one side because it makes you feel better and it helps you sleep at night, that’s where I take issue with it."
In 1970, newspapers were doing OK, still making money from subscriptions, display advertising, and want ads (remember those?). Many big markets had two papers, and perhaps one was "failing." Who could have accurately predicted where the newspaper business would be in 2026?