ESPN Laying Off Additional On-Air Personalities

[Mr Janny]

Wow thats crazy. Is the reason for all this because ESPN cant pay their current bills, or are they attempting to find more money to keep inflating all these cable TV contracts when they come up for renewal? If its the later, ESPN is setting themselves up to fail big time, IMO.

they're still profitable. Just not as profitable.

But, the trend is not in their favor. As crappy as this was, it was probably something that needed to be done. They're a bloated dinosaur. They need a change in their overall model, or risk becoming obsolete.

 

[erikbj]

Just so glad that Golic Jr. is sticking around.

 

[zarnold56]

Yeah their college basketball crew was gutted. Myron Medcalf the only writer still around? Seems everyone else got let go.

 

[ISUChippewa]

When does that ever happen? John Skipper will continue cashing his checks.

Oh, I know. It was pretty much a rhetorical question on my part, although it would be nice to see someone high up in the chain of command have to face some consequences as well.

 

[capitalcityguy]

Have all the public statements from all the laid off employees been positive? I guess all the ones I've seen have been. You'd think you'd get at least a couple rouge rants.

Maybe all got promises for possible contract work later or maybe even rehire if/when they right their ship in the future?

It is always wise to not burn bridges in these situations, but just thought we'd see a wild card or few.

 

[Mr Janny]

Have all the public statements from all the laid off employees been positive? I guess all the ones I've seen have been. You'd think you'd get at least a couple rouge rants.

Maybe all got promises for possible contract work later or maybe even rehire if/when they right their ship in the future?

It is always wise to not burn bridges in these situations, but just thought we'd see a wild card or few.

I'm sure most, if not all, were given severance. I'm guessing there might have been a pledge to not badmouth the company tied to it.

 

[chuckd4735]

Have all the public statements from all the laid off employees been positive? I guess all the ones I've seen have been. You'd think you'd get at least a couple rouge rants.

Maybe all got promises for possible contract work later or maybe even rehire if/when they right their ship in the future?

It is always wise to not burn bridges in these situations, but just thought we'd see a wild card or few.

Or they signed a severance agreement...

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I'm sure most, if not all, were given severance. I'm guessing there might have been a pledge to not badmouth the company tied to it.

I would imagine that the severance paid was rather healthy. I don't think ESPN went at this with a here's what we need to do to survive today rather here's what we need to do to survive the next 5 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see another wave of this in a couple of years.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Yeah their college basketball crew was gutted. Myron Medcalf the only writer still around? Seems everyone else got let go.

It's almost like ESPN is content with letting their written content coverage fall to the wayside. They showed some damn good journalists the door and I don't see how their written content doesn't suffer from this. I just hope that they don't continue to push even more content via their "insider" platform. I quit renewing my membership years ago and I will never go back.

 

[zarnold56]

It's almost like ESPN is content with letting their written content coverage fall to the wayside. They showed some damn good journalists the door and I don't see how their written content doesn't suffer from this. I just hope that they don't continue to push even more content via their "insider" platform. I quit renewing my membership years ago and I will never go back.

Ad revenue from page clicks are down so much in the last couple years. Seeing it all over journalism of all sorts. Sports, gaming, politics, news etc. Everything is turning personality driven and sites are moving to more subscription based or stuff like patreon for funding. Tough to run websites on just ad revenue alone, and with how intrusive ads are getting most people are running adblock anyway.

 

[cycloner29]

Britt McHenry given the boot. She'll probably fit in with some news channel.

 

[Desiigner]

Don't know if it has been posted but Andy Katz was let go as well

meh he was an east coast homer anyways

 

[Rabbuk]

Britt McHenry given the boot. She'll probably fit in with some news channel.

Is that the lady who was a complete dbag to the impound lot lady?

 

[isufbcurt]

Is that the lady who was a complete dbag to the impound lot lady?

I can't answer that question but I do know she is one fine piece of woman.

 

[Cyclone11]

He's a freaking Hawkeye so I don't care about him losing his job.

 

[3TrueFans]

Is that the lady who was a complete dbag to the impound lot lady?

It is

 

[Cyclonepride]

Except Rich Eisen couldn't run NFL GameDay without those former players that you hate so much. As entertaining as Eisen is and as much as he does know football, he doesn't know it like his co-hosts do. As entertaining as Eisen is, if it was just him and people like him, his show would get terrible pretty quickly.

Yeah, you need both the professionals and the guys who have actually played the sport on the field. The professionals guide the conversation and keep it structured. The former players offer insights that most wouldn't know unless they played the game.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Andy Katz is out

 

[Cyballzz]

Just so glad that Golic Jr. is sticking around.

Again... If they let Golic Jr. go who is going to sit around in kids pajamas eating Christmas cookies for an hour?

Jesus Christ people... you all act like guys like Golic Jr. with their incredible skill sets just grow on trees. You think just anyone could do this?

 

[Dandy]

Link? That one would be a huge mistake.