That’s not really much of a prediction since the news said next week.
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ESPN layoffs are coming soon — and nearly everyone is vulnerable
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FiveThirtyEight Founder Nate Silver Leaving ABC News as Disney Layoffs Continue
ABC News plans to hold onto the FiveThirtyEight brand despite founder Nate Silver's exit.
variety.com
Nate Silver Leaves ABC News due to the cuts.
Disney TV Layoffs: Steven Melnick, Sonia Borris, Sharon Merle-Lieberman, Sarah Lindman, Julie Jarmon, Dana Sharpless, Stacey Adams & Dawn Solér Among Execs Leaving Amid Consolidation – Update
UPDATED with more names and details: Day 1 of Disney’s second wave of layoffs is impacting ABC and Freeform’s senior programming ranks, Disney Television Studios marketing, which is bei…
deadline.com
Here are more names on the list.
That one isn’t a loss to ABC.
Hulu Expands Duties For EVP Marketing Barrie Gruner; SVP Scott Donaton To Leave Streamer
Hulu has expanded the duties for Barrie Gruner, the Executive Vice President of Marketing. She will assume oversight of brand marketing, while continuing to shepherd content marketing. Gruner first…
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Disney Streaming Product Chief Jerrell Jimerson Exiting in Latest Round of Layoffs
Jerrell Jimerson, Disney Streaming’s chief product officer and one of the architects of Disney+, has been let go as part of the media conglomerate’s latest round of layoffs, Variety has…
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Here is more cuts at Disney.
ESPN cuts have hit ESPN Radio's morning show
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‘Keyshawn, JWill & Max’ Morning Radio Show Scrapped As ESPN Makes More Cuts.
ESPN is dropping its national morning radio show hosted by Keyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams, and Max Kellerman as part of cutbacks at the sports network, according to the New York
ESPN could decide to have their weekday ESPN Radio shows have solo hosts (instead of co-hosts) and have each of them run four hours.
You could probably get rid of at least half of the network's radio hosts that way.
You could probably get rid of at least half of the network's radio hosts that way.
That doesn't fit with the conversational style that is the basis of ESPN presentation. Ever watch SportsCenter? Two anchors.
The main purpose of ESPN radio is to promote the TV brand. That is best done with two hosts.
I listened to Dan (not Don) on ESPN Radio's Hartford affiliate quite a bit about a decade back, and enjoyed it, though not as much as I loved Tony Kornheiser's show on the same station in previous years. Just enough sports, just enough pop culture, just enough silliness. Now most sports radio, outside of ESPN, is all about locker-room talk for the sloping-forehead, dragging-knuckles crowd, while ESPN Radio is all about promoting the sports and superstars ESPN wants to promote and pounding sports' (and society's) issues into the ground.
To be transparent, though, LeBatard has his own axe to grind with ESPN Radio in a way, as he himself separated from them in 2021. Prior to that he'd found himself in hot water a few times for making political comments and statements on his program.
IMO Van Gundy is a loss. I enjoyed his commentary througout the NBA Finals just a few weeks ago.
Suzy Kolber, Max Kellerman, Jeff Van Gundy are among ESPN personalities let go in layoffs
ESPN said the cuts will help the network hit "financial targets and ensure future growth."
www.inquirer.com
Actually, the best sports talk hosts are guys who know how to do "bar talk". Not just sports, little pure statistics, and lots of weekend-on-the-porch with a beer or man cave chatter. Politics, particularly political gossip, rumors and scandals, is a big part of that.
And sometimes sports and politics are intertwined. Should the A’s move to Vegas and what kind of government ballpark subsides should keep them in Oakland or allow their move to Vegas (or elsewhere?) What if anything should team ownership or leagues do when a player kneels during the national anthem. How do you improve diversity (if you think it needs to be done) in team leadership and ownership? How do you handle a player that refuses to wear a special patch on team Pride events? Do you handle it the same if a player refuses to wear a special patch on Jackie Robinson day?
Politics decided to get involved in sports.
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Still have Mark Jackson. TNT can pick up Van Gundy then have both of Van Gundys.
ESPN at times hires on-air people that put politics ahead of sports. Two examples: Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann.
And both got fired at least once.
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You are so full of s h i t. All of the top sports talk shows, Jim Rome, Paul Finebaum, Tim Brando before he quit, etc. do not talk politics. If you even listened to their shows you would know that. When a listener brings it up they instantly steer the conversation in a different direction. You are just some old, crotchety radio exec completely out of touch with the younger generation. Those of us in our 20's and 30's aren't checking for ESPN to discuss politics or national news.
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