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Jemele Hill: Journalism Continues To Be Phased Out In Sports Broadcasting

"In an attention economy, what matters is who can draw the attention. Sometimes it doesn't matter often whether it's good attention or bad attention. If you can captivate audience, that is what your biggest selling point will be."

KBAY Bay Country Moves to 98.5 FM Officially

"The San Francisco Bay Area has long been underserved by a major country station, and we're ready to fill that void,"

CBS News Names Mike Pesca Podcast Editorial Director

He contributed to The Free Press, the publication founded, overseen, and later sold to CBS News by Bari Weiss.

Cam Newton Thankful for ESPN Experience: “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me. This Is a Part of the Industry.”

"You will not make me hate my experience with ESPN. What I've been able to garner with the face of sports media in Stephen A. Smith is something that I'll take to my grave."

What an NCAA Basketball Coach Can Teach Radio About Beating Adversity

Instead of listening to the naysayers who claim that our medium is over, focus on what we see and experience every single day.

Boomer Esiason Concerned About Journalistic Reaction Following Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel Photos

"What I worry about for her is just that the general look of somebody who covers the league holding hands and hugging."

How Sal Licata Balances Finding Independent Success With Emotions of WFAN Exit

"My whole life was WFAN, and my whole goal was to get to afternoon drive on WFAN. For the first time since I had that dream in 1995, I knew that dream was no longer a reality."

Is Outrage the Only Strategy Left in Sports Media?

"Clicks, views, and chatter might generate noise, produce a momentary ratings spike, and help you trend on Twitter, but that doesn't define success anymore."

WFAN’s Gregg Giannotti on Netflix MLB Opening Night Broadcast: “Who Was That For?”

"The WWE guy coming out [saying yeet]… Burt Kreischer coming out and screaming to the crowd? Who’s that for?"

Gregg Giannotti Declines Idea of Brandon Tierney Guest Spot on WFAN’s ‘Boomer & Gio’

"So we could see our ratings dropp 30 to 60% like they did from our [Boomer & Gio] last hour to your [BT & Sal] first hour when he handed you football? I don't want to do that."

WFAN’s Gregg Giannotti, Brandon Tierney Feud Shows Why Sports Radio Should Embrace Noise Over Silence

"For every programmer or host who believes ignoring criticism is the high road, it’s worth asking: high road to where? Because while you’re staying above the fray, someone else is owning the moment—and the audience that comes with it."

Michael Kay Opens Up on ESPN New York Changes, MLB’s Fragmented Future and Yankees Opening Day on Netflix

"They [Good Karma Brands] made it so easy for me. They’ve been so great and supportive. Once I started doing it, I love it. It changed my life."

WFAN’s Craig Carton Hopes Ongoing Gregg Giannotti, Brandon Tierney “Fight” Continues

"As things evolve, and hopefully they do, I want the fight to continue! I’m enjoying not being involved and just being an expert witness or commentator."

Maggie Gray on ‘CMB Show’ WFAN Tenure: “People Just Really Wanted To Hate Us”

"It was a big deal at the time, and I think people just really wanted to hate us, but it turns out we are three un-hate-able people."

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KBAY Bay Country Moves to 98.5 FM Officially

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CBS News Names Mike Pesca Podcast Editorial Director

He contributed to The Free Press, the publication founded, overseen, and later sold to CBS News by Bari Weiss.

Cam Newton Thankful for ESPN Experience: “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me. This Is a Part of the Industry.”

"You will not make me hate my experience with ESPN. What I've been able to garner with the face of sports media in Stephen A. Smith is something that I'll take to my grave."

CNBC Renews Longstanding Partnership With NYSE

"At a time when public markets are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy, this next chapter of our partnership allows us to deliver real-time insight and perspective, helping investors better understand the forces shaping their financial future."