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Outside of the move to video? Who knows, but according to the Hollywood Repoter, Horowitz has lawyer-ed up already. Last month's layoffs sparked a long form from Awful Announcing which was published a week ago today. I found it pretty interesting. http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/jamie-horowitz-fox-sports-digital.html EDIT: Apparently, like some other FOX/News Corp. staff, it deals with sexual harassment.
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More upheaval at FOX Sports and FS1. Jamie Horowitz is out.
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Budget wise, the application/exit fees and canceled contracts were be set to be paid by Friday. Put every possible expense with the move on the current year's budget.
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New fiscal Year starts July 1. The Horizon HQ is in Indianapolis; they were talking for a while. The IU trustees met two weeks ago, so this move was likely made then during Executive Session.
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With no written work, CFB reporter Bruce Feldman will just be a sideline reporter with also time on the daily shows, but Stuart Mandel got laid off and their podcast, "The Audible" is likely to end. It was by far, the best CFB podcast around. http://thespun.com/college-football/fox-sports-stewart-mandel-bruce-feldman-layoffs
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NBC splits Premier League coverage, taking 130 games for a $50, streaming only version. http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2017/06/27/premier-league-pass-to-launch-on-nbc-sports-gold/ Analysis: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/soccer/nbc-sports-english-premier-league-soccer-online-streaming-free-paid-subscription-cable-tv-20170627.html?mobi=true
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Hours later, Comcast and Charter are in talks with SoftBank over a deal with Sprint. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN19I1JW
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FS1 gets about $1.31/subscriber now, which is up $0.35 from what they got in 2015, but still six times less than just ESPN. Their multiple layoffs since Horowitz was hired really illustrates how little traction they've made since starting nearly four years ago. The albatross is the ESPN Monday Night Football contract.
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The Mariners bought controlling interest in 2013. AT&T only has 29%. http://depts.washington.edu/sthp/exhibits/show/seattletelevisionsports/mariners/marinersprofits So much for Fox Sports web presence. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-26/fox-sports-cuts-web-writing-staff-to-invest-more-in-online-video
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THIS! Tate is "ACC or nothing" on all subjects and Kevin O'Connor completes the east coast bias of folks living in L.A. Their college content is awful even with Mallory Rubin who co-hosted a great SI pod with Stuart Mandel (now with FS1). It seems he hired the 75% percentile of the best college newspaper writers, mostly east coast white kids now living in L.A. Simmons hired Titus off of his blog a decade ago and just wants Gordon Hayward high school stories from him. Bill talked about going to finals games, but SeatGeek had to pay for it as I doubt he's getting credentials. I'll hold off on The Ringer one until Saturday, if I listen at all.
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Ringer NBA podcast as opposed to Bill's Emergency post-draft pod? Unless I immediately hear Chris Vernon, I don't listen to the NBA shows and delete quickly. I'm currently listening to the TBA draft simulcast with Amin, Windhorst, Jade, and Rachel featuring the Windhorst IPhone system upgrade during the draft. http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/brian-windhorst.html Pretty good since there are better stories than anything Simmons mumble brags about.
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I see a natural gas provider or foreign energy company.
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I guess this goes here, but Mods please move to where you feel necessary. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40156029
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He wanted to be in Skipper's "bullpen", but wasn't.
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Simmons is still so bitter. http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/bill-simmons-criticizes-espn-john-skipper-says-tech-will-own-sports-rights.html Video: https://www.recode.net/2017/5/31/15720190/bill-simmons-espn-video-watch-code-conference-interview
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The Ringer is moving from Medium to Vox servers. http://thebiglead.com/2017/05/30/bill-simmons-and-the-ringer-are-moving-to-vox/
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But Greenberg really never wanted to be there and replace Tony Bruno. From 2015 this interview with USA Today, followed by the public moves from his agent(s), mark the kindling in the fire. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/mike-and-mike-espn They were never the same. Greenberg likely thought that Golic would you eventually be fired, ESPN would name new morning show hosts and he could move on to what he thought his (then) goals were.
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http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/lavar-ball-jason-whitlock-dont-think-can-comment-anything-snacks.html
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ESPN executives did not end the show, Mike Greenberg (and his agency, CAA) did. Greenberg and CAA forced the decision, especially since he and his wife want to live in Manhattan.
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SportsCenter will air on ESPN2 weekdays while the Greenberg show is on ESPN. In addition, it was announced on Monday that SportsCenter will essentially go digital on the app and .com. Here is their own release concerning today's upfronts. http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2017/05/media-tip-sheet-espn-upfront-2017/
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But keep in mind Lear adapted two BBC shows to the American audience in "All In The Family" and "Sanford & Son" as his his first hits then spinoff series took him to legendary status.
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MVC gives out only one invitation.... Valparaiso. http://www.mvc-sports.com/news/archives/2016-17/9552/the-valley-invites-valparaiso-university/#.WRKNaTplBTc
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Any day w/o Mike Lupica on TV is instantly a good day.
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I listen to Slate when it drops. One of the few I don't wait until Thursday or Friday night to start listening for the week. Just be glad that you heard Wos for an hour in which he didn't bring up the damn Knicks. Baby steps, DG. Baby steps.
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Ethan's "Warriors World" piece in question has made the rounds in the last week. Wos was on Slate's "Hang Up and Listen" for the whole show this week and layoffs were discussed first. Andrew Brandt spent 15 minutes detailing how it went down with him and how he handled it as an attorney. Jim Miller spent another hour with Deitsch this week too. Even with these layoffs, except for NHL, NASCAR, golf, they still have 3-7x the staff per sport than FOX/FS1, NBCSN, CBS, Turner*. *-Sport specific networks notwithstanding.
