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Trend Jacking: The Low-Cost Marketing Strategy Radio Needs Right Now

"One word of caution: do not jack what you do not understand."

Sevendust’s Lajon Witherspoon on 30 Years of Rock’s Most Underrated Band

"I think we were just able to paint this portrait of that in time, in real time."

The Digital Cul-de-Sac: How Algorithms Are Limiting Music Discovery

"The algorithm is no longer just helping listeners find music. In many cases, it is deciding what discovery even means."

What Does the Future of OutKick Look Like Without Clay Travis

"In today's media landscape, audiences don't simply follow websites. They follow people. They invest in personalities, perspectives, and voices they trust."

John Skipper: Tom Brady Should Choose Between FOX Sports Broadcasts or Raiders Minority Ownership

"He should make a decision about which one he wants to do."

John Skipper: Venu Sports ‘Was Always a Temporary Stopgap’ Before Launch of ESPN Flagship

"This was always a Disney-led effort in my opinion. I thought that Disney always got the preponderance of benefit."

John Skipper: I Think Stephen A. Smith Will Be on ‘Inside the NBA’ at Some Point

"With Stephen A., he is maybe the hardest-working on-air talent – among the hardest-working on-air talents – I ever saw."

John Skipper: Timing of Disney Carriage Deals is ‘By Design’

The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV are currently engaged in a carriage dispute that has caused the Disney portfolio of networks, including ESPN platforms,...

John Skipper: I Have Always Thought Venu Sports ‘Overwhelmingly Benefitted The Walt Disney Company’

Earlier in the month, FuboTV received a preliminary injunction in its antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery...

John Skipper: NBA Made Good Faith Offer to Warner Bros. Discovery

"I genuinely believe that at the start of the negotiation, they would have been quite happy if TNT and ESPN had renewed."

John Skipper: New NBA Media Deal Signals Sports Rights Are ‘Most Valuable Content in the Universe’

The NBA Board of Governors voted to ratify the new media rights deal with The Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, NBCUniversal and Amazon’s Prime Video...

Pablo Torre Finds Success with Meadowlark Media While Still Contributing to ESPN

"We do serious things stupidly and we do stupid things seriously."

John Skipper: Charles Barkley is Probably the ‘Most Valuable Pundit’ There Is

“If he worked for a network I was in charge of, I would be very discomfited by his going around and telling me how to do my job."

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"The algorithm is no longer just helping listeners find music. In many cases, it is deciding what discovery even means."

What Does the Future of OutKick Look Like Without Clay Travis

"In today's media landscape, audiences don't simply follow websites. They follow people. They invest in personalities, perspectives, and voices they trust."

How Daniel Cormier Is Approaching Calling UFC Freedom 250 as a Landmark Moment for the Sport of MMA

"As a guy that's represented the country in wrestling and the things that I've done, I've always wanted to go to the White House. Now, I have an opportunity to do it. Plus, to do it with fighting and representing the UFC. That's crazy to me."