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'Bloodbath' in Bristol: ESPN could cut 70 people
Sporting News ^ | April 24,2017 | Michael McCarthy

Posted on 04/25/2017 12:17:10 PM PDT by Hojczyk

UPDATE:

The layoffs at ESPN might turn out worse than predicted, sources tell Sporting News.

The Worldwide Leader in Sports could cut around 70 TV/radio anchors, reporters, analysts and online writers over coming days and weeks, sources said.

That would be worse than the 40 to 50 on-air talents predicted by ESPN book author James Andrew Miller during a podcast with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated.

The higher numbers may reflect the inclusion of online writers like respected Titans beat reporter Paul Kuharsky who tweeted Monday his contract is not being renewed.

"This could be a bloodbath," warned one source.

ESPN's corporate campus was "eerily silent" Tuesday, said another source, as staffers anxiously waited to see who'll survive what management is euphemistically describing as a "right-sizing."

"It's like the dead calm before a horrible storm," said the source.

ESPN management would argue that salaries for on-air talent have gotten out of control.

Some ESPN stars are earning from $1.5 million to $3 million, according to Miller. They're not going to make that kind of scratch at other networks. To save their jobs, some of these talents are renegotiating their deals for lesser pay, said sources.

It's no coincidence the layoffs are taking place before ESPN parent Disney's release of its 2nd quarter financial results on May 9.

With ESPN losing 12 million subscribers over the past five years, the brass in Bristol have to show Disney management and Wall Street its willing to bite the bullet on costs.

"They’re not growing. So the only way to show fiscal responsibility is to lay people off," said a TV insider. "This is all Wall Street-driven. This is all about Disney ordering a Code Red."

ESPN declined to comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at sportingnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trumpsfault; trumpwinsagain
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1 posted on 04/25/2017 12:17:10 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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But where will I get my expert analysis of NCAA women’s basketball?


2 posted on 04/25/2017 12:18:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Hojczyk

Fire them ALL!................


3 posted on 04/25/2017 12:19:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Hojczyk

Maybe if they stuck to sports instead of social justice issues....


4 posted on 04/25/2017 12:19:40 PM PDT by Popman
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It doesn’t pay to be a NeverTrumper....


5 posted on 04/25/2017 12:19:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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ESPN - a left wing commentary channel that plays lots of commercials and occasionally will broadcast a sporting event.


6 posted on 04/25/2017 12:20:31 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: PGR88

“...So the only way to show fiscal responsibility is to lay people off...”

Fiscal responsibility could return if you just stick to sports and quit politics....


7 posted on 04/25/2017 12:21:02 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Popman

“Maybe if they stuck to sports instead of social justice issues....”

http://instantrimshot.com/


8 posted on 04/25/2017 12:21:03 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Hojczyk

I wonder if they will keep the bimbettes who interrupt the football game broadcasts with their comments about a player’s favorite cookies or questions about what an emotional roller coaster the past week has been.


9 posted on 04/25/2017 12:21:05 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: PGR88

I only watch for their insightful political views.


10 posted on 04/25/2017 12:22:03 PM PDT by OLDCU
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To: Hojczyk

Do they still backing a former Niner QB, who is a BLMer and married to a Jihadist and hates America?


11 posted on 04/25/2017 12:23:25 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted.")
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To: Hojczyk

I am going to bet white males are going to take the hit.


12 posted on 04/25/2017 12:23:55 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: Paladin2
It doesn’t pay to be a NeverTrumper....

Particuliarily, when you po the 62+ million voters of Trump back then and now.

13 posted on 04/25/2017 12:25:03 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted.")
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With ESPN losing 12 million subscribers ...
Years ago (8-10?), I didn't subscribe to ESPN. Then one day my cable bill came and it had increased somewhere around $10.
Called Time Warner and they explained that they had rolled ESPN into the channel package I had and I was now a "subscriber." MFers.
14 posted on 04/25/2017 12:26:26 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: C19fan

To fire anyone else would be racist.


15 posted on 04/25/2017 12:27:04 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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I am going to bet white males are going to take the hit.

A true conservative, you only bet on sure things and fixed horse races.

16 posted on 04/25/2017 12:28:17 PM PDT by TYVets
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To: Hojczyk

Maybe it will be a lesson to the rest of them to keep politics out of sports.I dont think they are that smart.


17 posted on 04/25/2017 12:28:34 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: PGR88

Don Imus


18 posted on 04/25/2017 12:29:50 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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19 posted on 04/25/2017 12:30:52 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Hojczyk

Gee maybe they will pull out of CommieConnecticut.


20 posted on 04/25/2017 12:32:39 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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