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ESPN plans another big round of layoffs (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=311479)

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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 15670900)

man, Primtime with Berman and TJ was sooooo good back in the day.

hard to imagine back in the day, I used to tune into Primtime just to see what else happened around the league that day before all the Monday morning newspaper articles etc. man...times have changed lol.

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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 15671068)

Absolutely this.

Have to agree here. I understand it is almost 100% a factor of nostalgia, but there is something special about the age before NFL Redzone and up to the minute stat updates on fantasy football when NFL Primetime was the best way to get highlights at the end of a Sunday.

I recently found that I have been watching this YouTube channel who has playlists of the highlights of every game for seasons in the 1990s and enjoying it immensely while we are in a dead NFL season.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCwbDbwZVwhpet_ZoAeH1MZw

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Originally Posted by kcxiv (Post 15668692)

i bet thats a very very small part of it, the real big part of it, is people are cutting cable. I know i did last year and i dont even miss it. There is no reason to watch espn or fox sports outside of live sports. Most people spend hours upon hours looking at their stupid phones and can get what they need from there. Hell, i fi want to check the score to say the Dodgers game now days, i just head on over to r/dodgers and open up the game thread. They have the highlights already imbedded in the thread in real time.

Hard to say how big a part it is but I'll bet it's more than just a small part. You're correct in your assessment but I think you're underestimating the negative effects of the constant woke bs. Hell, the NBA has suffered because they went all woke last year. I love the NBA but I stopped watching last year because I couldn't stand that shit.

Just my 0.02.

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 15670715)

ESPN+ is growing quickly, in part because of Chris Berman and Prime Time.

I watch it every week and really missed it while Berman was "retired".

It's still the best weekly wrap up show, IMO, and by a wide margin. Inside The NFL on Showtime pales in comparison to the program it was in the 80's and 90's while on HBO.

I wouldn't be surprised if their numbers jumped up right around when they made all the articles from any columnist worth a damn espn+ only.

Meadowlark Media coming in hot and scooping up ESPN "talent".

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Best decision with the best people (hi, <a href="https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tomhaberstroh</a>) to make the coolest stuff. It's actually that simple. Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeBatardShow</a>. <a href="https://t.co/H5TZco6vBA">https://t.co/H5TZco6vBA</a></p>— Kate bundle of sticksan (@katebundle of sticksan3) <a href="https://twitter.com/katebundle of sticksan3/status/1395003622618959872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meadowlark announces ‘The Jim Brockmire Podcast’, with in-character Hank Azaria interviewing sports media luminaries <a href="https://t.co/1Mh5znetSi">https://t.co/1Mh5znetSi</a> <a href="https://t.co/FQW0eb3jBO">pic.twitter.com/FQW0eb3jBO</a></p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1372247501881757699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adnan Virk is joining Meadowlark Media as a contributor, bringing his Cinephile podcast to the "Le Batard and Friends" network <a href="https://t.co/sPa1FVLcrX">https://t.co/sPa1FVLcrX</a> <a href="https://t.co/4IR9im4Mqj">pic.twitter.com/4IR9im4Mqj</a></p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1380162737800671240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SouthBeachSessions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SouthBeachSessions</a> Mike Schur aka <a href="https://twitter.com/KenTremendous?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KenTremendous</a> (Writer for Saturday Night Live and The Office and creator of Parks And Recreation, Brooklyn 99, and The Good Place) explains why he has officially joined Meadowlark Media alongside <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jemelehill</a> !!!!<br>��*☠️ <a href="https://t.co/LCu6bvpitB">https://t.co/LCu6bvpitB</a></p>— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow/status/1374743782965526529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I like azaria and adnan. I liked lebatard and stugotz. I liked jamele when she was on that one show with michael smith (not sportscenter) but not been a fan of her since.

So, LeBatard got crossways with ESPN, and is now hiring all the people ESPN fires? Did I miss anything?

Lmao @ Katie bundle of sticksan word filter

Also Jemele Hill threw in the towel on being the female Tariq Nasheed and is back to sports talk?

Kenny Mayne’s last night is tonight.

Just had a great interview with Aaron Rodgers.

Another big round of ESPN layoffs coming, as part of Disney laying off 7,000 employees.

Second longest tenured employee at ESPN... their Vice President of Corporate Communications who had been with the company for 43 years laid off today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My final statement as ESPN Spokesperson: “43 Amazing Years. Wow. We wish him well.” <a href="https://t.co/qaWi807zBR">https://t.co/qaWi807zBR</a></p>— Mike Soltys (@espnmikes) <a href="https://twitter.com/espnmikes/status/1650492502900654082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I guess they didn't like his salary number after 43 years.

ESPN has gotten much better in a lot of ways but they have another 50% to go.