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The Industry According to Gary Jay, Land Shark Promotion Studio

"Radio cannot afford to become a tired jukebox with 15 minutes of commercials every hour."

Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

Bomani Jones Amazed How Many People Care About Sports Media Beef

"I can name people that make a living talking about me."

Elle Duncan Reflects on Positive Experience Leaving ESPN for Netflix

"I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go to Netflix without all the things that ESPN gave me."

How Bomani Jones Ensures ‘The Right Time’ Is Time Well Spent for His Loyal Audience

"The most important thing is does your audience believe you. Does your audience mean the things you say. It's not about being right, it's about being sincere."

Bomani Jones Believes Paul Finebaum Omission From ESPN Programming Surrounded Equal Time Provision

"The only reason that would make sense is the equal time provision and them having a measure of concern about whether or not they run into conflict with that. And if that’s the case, that’s perfectly fair."

Bomani Jones Explains Why He Misses Hosting Sports Talk Radio

"The coolest thing about radio to me, and why I enjoy it over every other medium, is that the community that surrounds it is always so much more intimate"

Bomani Jones: ESPN Cannot Treat the NBA Like the NFL

"When you come out here and you don't have any signage on the court to indicate that it's the NBA Finals; it already looks like the g** d**n AAU tournament"

Michael Smith: ‘Around the Horn’ Was Home During The Most Difficult Time of My Career

"Around the Horn knew me when. That feeling that I had when I did that last show was just immense gratitude for what it's done for my career."

How Bomani Jones Knows ‘The Right Time’ is Best For The Audience

"I don’t need to be the center of attention as much as I am kind of a central node around which a community is built."

Mina Kimes: I Was Competitive During ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Appearance

"In fact, I’m watching at home, I was losing it because even the ones I didn’t know, at home, I was like, ‘This is very obvious.’"

‘The Basketball Jones with Bomani Jones’ Headed to Raleigh’s Rialto Theater

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Attention Spans Are 40 Seconds. What Does That Mean for Radio?

"Listener Eye Contact is the most important skill an air personality — regardless of format — can develop."

Why Mike Golic Returning Is a Home Run Hire for ESPN Radio

"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."

Has the C-Suite Generation of Hard Work and Ethics Lost Its Way

"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."

How Matt Barrie Is Prepared To Tackle the Challenge of Hosting SEC Nation

"If you're a college football junkie like I am, there are few jobs with ESPN that scratch that itch. SEC Nation is one of them."