"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
The question isn't whether SiriusXM has tried to diversify. Clearly, it has. The question is whether that effort has gone far enough to change the numbers when a star as big as Stern begins to start talking about life after SiriusXM.
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.
Employees learned of the cuts during a Monday Zoom meeting before being sent home with severance packages based on their tenure, Barrett Media has learned.
"We look forward to honoring the content that moved audiences in 2026 and continuing the Gracies’ long-standing investment in the people who will shape what comes next.”