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ESPN's New Round Of Layoffs
Yup - jack up your rates over time and piss off most of your audience with left-wing politics - that's a winning formula! This time around, they're concentrating on letting go of the on-air 'talent' (I use that term very loosely) and contract buyouts; in 2015 it was 400 behind the scenes types.I'll skip to the crux of the biscuit: [AwfulAnnouncing.com] An ESPN spokesman gave SI the following statement in response: "We have long been about serving fans and innovating to create the best content for them. Today’s fans consume content in many different ways and we are in a continuous process of adapting to change and improving what we do. Inevitably that has consequences for how we utilize our talent. We are confident that ESPN will continue to have a roster of talent that is unequaled in sports." One major factor for ESPN’s lower revenue is the fact that since 2011 when the network was in 100 million homes, it has lost subscribers and is now available in 88.4 million homes. 'Your appeal is becoming more selective...' Posted by: Raj 2017-03-07 |
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