27 signs your company is about to conduct mass layoffs
In my career as a journalist, I've lived through two rounds of mass layoffs.While I didn't see either of them coming, hindsight is always 20/20, and I now have a much better sense for when the tides...
View ArticleMedia analyst Richard Greenfield explains why he's so bearish on Disney stock
Rich Greenfield, BTIG media and tech analyst, is extremely concerned about ESPN's future. He points out that ESPN doesn't own much of its content other than SportsCenter. Greenfield has a "sell"...
View ArticleAdrian Wojnarowski, the foremost NBA insider, is reportedly starting at ESPN...
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo will join ESPN on July 1, the start of NBA free agency, according to Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated.Wojnarowski's move was first reported by Deadspin in February and...
View ArticlePresenting this year's ESPN Body Issue covers
ESPN the Magazine has unveiled the covers for their annual "Body Issue." The five different covers will feature Chicago Cubs second baseman Javier Baez, MMA fighter Michelle Waterson, Dallas Cowboys...
View ArticleFox Sports fires Jamie Horowitz, the architect of sports TV debate culture,...
In a surprising move, Jamie Horowitz has been fired as president of FOX Sports National Networks, according to several reports.John Ourand of Sports Business Daily first reported the move.While it is...
View ArticleThe best dressed athletes at ESPN The Magazine's 'Body Issue' party
On Wednesday night, the Staples Center will host the 25th annual ESPY awards, celebrating the best that sports have to offer, both in terms of plays on the field play and good deeds done off the...
View ArticleThe best-dressed athletes and celebrities at the 2017 ESPYs
On Wednesday night, the Staples Center hosted the 25th annual ESPY Awards, celebrating the world of sports.Athletes and actors alike were dressed to the nines, for the red carpet. While some opted for...
View ArticleESPN is rebranding one of their networks to 'ESPN 8: The Ocho' for one day in...
When the movie "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" was released in 2004 it immediately became fodder for references and in-jokes for an entire generation of movie-goers and sports fans, and now one of...
View ArticleDisney is falling after delivering mixed quarterly results and saying it'll...
Disney is down 5.42% ahead of Monday's opening bell after the company reported mixed quarterly results and saying it'll stop streaming its new releases on Netflix beginning in 2019. The entertainment...
View ArticleESPN slammed for moving broadcaster named Robert Lee from Virginia game to...
ESPN this week was found to have removed a broadcaster from the University of Virginia football team's season opener because of his name.His name? Robert Lee.The Virginia Cavaliers' September 2 game...
View ArticleLeaked memo from ESPN president blames Robert Lee hoopla on 'someone with a...
ESPN president John Skipper sent a memo to staff Wednesday to respond to criticism that came after the network's decision to remove a football announcer named Robert Lee was from an assignment at the...
View Article'I just don’t think the game is safe for the brain' — ESPN college football...
The dangers of football are becoming more and more of a focal point of conversations around the future of the sport.Ed Cunningham is a former NFL player and knows the risks involved in the sport first...
View ArticleUBS: Disney has one big advantage that'll make its streaming movie service...
In its second-quarter earnings report, Disney announced it would be spending "significantly" to start its own ESPN and movie streaming services.Disney shares fell after the news, in part because...
View ArticleAwkward 'Monday Night Football' debut makes ESPN's sideline reporter an...
ESPN sideline reporter Sergio Dipp has become an unlikely star of "Monday Night Football" thanks to an awkward debut.Play-by-play commentator Beth Mowins, who became the first woman to call an NFL...
View ArticlePeople are angry at ESPN's response to a host who called Trump a white...
ESPN is facing backlash for the way it responded after one of its hosts called President Donald Trump a "white supremacist."Jamele Hill, co-host of the hourlong program "SC6," tweeted her views on...
View ArticleThe simple explanation for why ESPN did not fire Jemele Hill but did fire...
Many are calling ESPN hypocritical for not firing Jemele Hill over her comments on social media after the network did fire Curt Schilling over his.But Schilling was warned several times to stop, and he...
View ArticleWhite House: ESPN analyst Jemele Hill's comments about Trump are a 'fireable...
The White House has responded to comments made by ESPN's Jemele Hill about President Donald Trump.When asked about the comments during Wednesday's press briefing, White House press secretary Sarah...
View Article'College Gameday' is coming to Times Square and college football fans are not...
College Gameday will broadcast live from New York City for the first time in the show's 25-year run on Saturday, September 23.The New York City broadcast will mark the show's 81st location and will...
View ArticlePeople are pointing to an under-the-radar move from ESPN 5 months ago as an...
After ESPN "SportsCenter" anchor Jemele Hill tweeted that President Donald Trump is a "white supremacist" and was admonished by the network, many conservative critics wondered why she had not been...
View ArticleNew report says ESPN wanted to take Jemele Hill off the air for a night due...
It turns out ESPN may have tried to punish "SC6" anchor Jemele Hill after all.A new report from ThinkProgress cites two sources who say that ESPN's original plan was to take Hill off the air for one...
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