RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I hate linking to the Post but Link to post Share on other sites
clintthecrippler 1,850 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: I hate linking to the Post but Even though I would be dismissive of it anyway, but sports really is the biggest proof that should blow up every "COVID is a creation of the media" myth that exists. Are ratings for news networks and engagement for streaming services up? Sure. But all of those news networks are owned by larger umbrella corporations that would undoubtedly trade 500,000 extra viewers for their news divisions every week to get back the greater revenues come with sports arenas and stadiums, concert halls, movie theaters, and theme parks being filled shoulder-to-shoulder, and the resultant additional engagement with sports that would trickle down to television viewership. Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Back to DC Sports Radio for a second Entercom - who owns 106.7 The Fan - is making a trade with Radio One and one of the stations included is the OTHER DC sports station WTEM 980 (which is AM) The big thing out of this is Entercom picks up the station that owns the rights to the Washington Football Team broadcasts (whether they can flip them over to FM is a different matter) Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,685 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Is 980 still simulcast on the other 2 Red Zebra stations? Link to post Share on other sites
supremebve 5,728 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 19 hours ago, clintthecrippler said: Even though I would be dismissive of it anyway, but sports really is the biggest proof that should blow up every "COVID is a creation of the media" myth that exists. Are ratings for news networks and engagement for streaming services up? Sure. But all of those news networks are owned by larger umbrella corporations that would undoubtedly trade 500,000 extra viewers for their news divisions every week to get back the greater revenues come with sports arenas and stadiums, concert halls, movie theaters, and theme parks being filled shoulder-to-shoulder, and the resultant additional engagement with sports that would trickle down to television viewership. Seriously, ESPN was Disney's biggest money maker for years. If ESPN is cutting jobs, it's because Disney is losing massive amounts of money on all the other shit they have that requires people to go outside. Seriously, ESPN had the Jordan documentary, the NBA playoffs, Major League Baseball, and now NFL and college football. Say what you want, but that's a pretty good line up all things considered. They still need to cut costs. Just imagine what some of these other networks are going through right now. This shit is a harbinger of things to come. If live sports isn't enough to overcome the pandemic, just think about how much a lot of these networks who have no new programing being made are going through. Don't be surprised if we start losing a significant number of cable channels in the next few months. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,046 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I'll be interested to see if ratings for non-news channels go up once the election is officially decided. Link to post Share on other sites
Elsalvajeloco 8,580 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 8 hours ago, supremebve said: Seriously, ESPN was Disney's biggest money maker for years. If ESPN is cutting jobs, it's because Disney is losing massive amounts of money on all the other shit they have that requires people to go outside. Seriously, ESPN had the Jordan documentary, the NBA playoffs, Major League Baseball, and now NFL and college football. Say what you want, but that's a pretty good line up all things considered. They still need to cut costs. Just imagine what some of these other networks are going through right now. This shit is a harbinger of things to come. If live sports isn't enough to overcome the pandemic, just think about how much a lot of these networks who have no new programing being made are going through. Don't be surprised if we start losing a significant number of cable channels in the next few months. It's crazy cause I follow John Ourand on Twitter, and he's retweeting those who were affected by the layoffs. It wasn't a significant number, but these are producers and the like who've been there between 15-30 years who managed to survived a dozen other rounds of cuts throughout their entire tenure. This seems to be a recurring theme of these retweets. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,685 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Thats like when Gus Ramsey got the ax in the big purge a couple years ago. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Ironically - on the same day ESPN announced its layoffs, The Athletic announced it was rolling back the salary cuts they had imposed All employee salaries will revert back to what they were pre-COVID 1 Link to post Share on other sites
supremebve 5,728 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 Link to post Share on other sites
sabremike 3,089 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, supremebve said: Never been a fan of the guy but I'll tip my cap to him here for doing that. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,685 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Did he replace Mike Ryan or Roy? Link to post Share on other sites
supremebve 5,728 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Did he replace Mike Ryan or Roy? They aren't replacing anyone. They are keeping Chris Cote around after he was laid off. Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,685 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I meant did he replace Mike or Roy, since they were the producers when I last listened. (Technically, I think Hoch was still the exec producer when I listened) Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 16,560 Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 I'm shocked that BSG is an anti-unionist shitbird who cares more about his money than his employees. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Zimbra 3,559 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hooboy, apparently the NYDN's Jets' correspondent, Manish Mehta, got decredentialed by the team some time ago and the paper's solution was to have another reporter do the work and then stick Mehta's name on it. The guy who did the actual reporting is airing them out on twitter Hard to believe this gambit didn't work out for them. Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 A summary tweet for those trying to follow along Link to post Share on other sites
Gonzo 2,212 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Did Charles get Mehta's paycheck, too? Not that it makes it right, but seriously, if dude is going to do the work he should get the money. Edited November 25, 2020 by Gonzo Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just another reminder what trash the Daily News is 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPA 33,236 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Today is Trey Wingo's last day at ESPN Link to post Share on other sites
Dolfan in NYC 16,560 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Will Cain is trending on Twitter because he thinks the President pulling a coup d'etat would be pretty cool. Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,046 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 14 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Will Cain is trending on Twitter because he thinks the President pulling a coup d'etat would be pretty cool. He may very well just be backtracking, but he's pretty adamant that he was describing the Trump team's thinking, without any opinion of his own. Link to post Share on other sites
Raziel 8,536 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: He may very well just be backtracking, but he's pretty adamant that he was describing the Trump team's thinking, without any opinion of his own. If you believe that, I got some prime Pine Forest land in Jersey to sell you... Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,685 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 3:34 PM, RIPPA said: Today is Trey Wingo's last day at ESPN Wingo is on Deitsch’s new pod for his post Bristol exit interview. Link to post Share on other sites
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