"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."
"Media members are so petty. Talk show hosts can be the same way. It is all about them. There is no truth and honor, anything of the sort. It is all about whether they're getting the glory..."
"If he excoriates those who interview (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy as 'pep sessions' -- that's his word -- then he can't do the same thing with Putin."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."