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Is Netflix Preparing For A Sports Media Rights Shopping Spree?

"Perhaps the company's layoffs are simply about controlling costs. However, if they’re part of a larger strategy to redirect resources toward premium live sports, the next chapter of Netflix’s evolution could be its most significant yet."

Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

DAZN Acquires EverPass For NFL Sunday Ticket Commercial Distribution Rights, Rebrands as DAZN for Business

"DAZN can now serve every type of customer in the U.S.– from individual sports fans using the DAZN app to commercial venues looking to provide the best possible viewing experience for their customers."

Is ESPN Direct-To-Consumer Service Enough To Bring Fans In?

"What ESPN has done in crafting its positioning for the launch of ESPN DTC is in the same vein as Ray Kinsella plowing his cornfield: betting on a vision, catering to a calling—and time will tell if they will come"

Nick Khan: Pat McAfee Is a “True American Success Story”

"They show the players at the beginning of the game, ‘hey, I'm so and so. I went to the Ohio State University.’ He would say, ‘I'm Pat McAfee. One day, I want to be a professional wrestler.’ In his mind, he saw it."

WWE, Fanatics Announce “What’s Your Story?” Podcast Hosted By Stephanie McMahon

“This podcast is the perfect medium to do just that, in a very informal environment, where we can all just be ourselves.”

Nick Khan, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque Discuss WWE Business, Netflix Deal in Wide-Ranging Q&A

"People like dramas, people like conflicts. They like to see conflicts being resolved one way or the other."

ESPN Apologizes For UFC 313 Streaming Issues as Negotiating Window Nears Closing

“I don’t know what happened with their platform tonight, but yeah, there are a lot of pissed-off people.”

TKO President Mark Shapiro Says WWE ‘Keen’ to Renew Peacock Agreement

“They are making it a priority, so we're keen to renew with them.”

WWE SmackDown Returns to USA Network on September 13, A Few Weeks Earlier Than Expected

"Starting in September and through the end of 2024, USA Network will serve as the exclusive linear home of the WWE’s two tentpole franchises, “WWE Monday Night RAW” and “WWE SmackDown."

WWE Monday Night Raw to Remain on USA Network Through End of 2024

"WWE entered into a $25 million domestic media rights agreement with NBCUniversal for Raw to remain on USA Network for the fourth quarter of 2024."

TKO Group Holdings Reports Quarterly Earnings

“TKO is off to a strong start following record financial performance in 2023 at both UFC and WWE."

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Think Big, Ask Big: Doug Abernethy’s Radio One Playbook

"Our industry has transformed better than any other traditional media"

Ken Charles Explains How Trust Drives Ratings and Sales at 95.5 WSB

“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”

How Pete Sousa’s Road to Sobriety Led Him Back to a Sports Media Career He Thought He Lost

"When you get sober, the sky is the limit. I'm living, breathing proof of that. People thought I was extremely hopeless. I'm here to tell anyone with a problem, if you think you're hopeless, that is not true."

Why News/Talk Radio Stations Must Preserve Their History Before It Disappears

I may be living in some sort of fantasyland that I frequently rail about in these columns. I don’t believe that these special moments are unusual or examples of confirmation bias. This is real life.