[TV orNotTV] ESPN Layoffs

2015-10-26 Thread Joe Hass
I'm a little surprised this didn't get mentioned during the week when it happened, but I wanted to share one post from a surprising source: Charley Steiner (you do not need to be a Facebook member to read the post). https://www.facebook.com/charley.steiner/posts/10206485026537008 Obviously the

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2015-10-26 Thread Steve Timko
Supposedly the reason they let Olbermann and some others go is because they were going to focus on content and not personalities. And now they're giving up content. Maybe they weren't getting the bang for the buck they wanted. On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Adam Bowie

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2015-10-26 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Supposedly the reason they let Olbermann and some others go is because > they were going to focus on content and not personalities. And now > they're giving up content. Maybe they weren't getting the bang for the > buck

Re: [TV orNotTV] ESPN Layoffs

2015-10-26 Thread Adam Bowie
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > > > I cannot find a previous occurrence where a network willingly gave up > (even via negotiation) TV rights for an event. > > For what it's worth, this has happened a few times in the UK, particularly with the BBC. The