Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread

[puggle]

Can’t really blame ESPN/Disney for trying to trim the fat of its NFL related personalities. I understand that some of them are overworked because they’re doing the morning debate shows to its daily afternoon show throughout the week but paying someone to show up once a week on Sunday or Monday is an old way of doing business now, especially when very few of them are on that Barkley type tier.

Would anyone even notice Steve Young being gone if he gets let go?

 

[Legal]

Can’t really blame ESPN/Disney for trying to trim the fat of its NFL related personalities. I understand that some of them are overworked because they’re doing the morning debate shows to its daily afternoon show throughout the week but paying someone to show up once a week on Sunday or Monday is an old way of doing business now, especially when very few of them are on that Barkley type tier.

Would anyone even notice Steve Young being gone if he gets let go?

Nope. If we're being real, the only two people on the main cast of the show who should feel safe right now are RG3 and Booger, and that's just because they fill fairly important roles on Saturdays.

 

[Dreamchaser]

Disney is trimming middle management and any one who has a contract renewal upcoming this year or next year. They aren't cutting low level staff because it wouldn't be much of a savings from accounting purpose. The problem is the business model of overpaying for sports while declining viewership puts them in a no win situation.

 

[Left.A1]

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ESPN Hit By Disney-Mandated Layoffs
Among those laid-off is 43-year communications veteran Mike Soltys.
Layoffs are part of Disney's plan to slash 7,000 and $5.5 billion in costs.
BY MICHAEL MCCARTHY
APRIL 24, 2023 | 09:58 AM
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
“I’m absolutely gutted.”

That was the anguished reaction of one ESPN executive as long-feared layoffs kicked in Monday at the network’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.






Among those let go was Mike Soltys, a beloved 43-year veteran and the second-longest-tenured employee at ESPN.


The layoffs are part of Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger’s mandate to slash 7,000 jobs and $5.5 billion in costs.

The first wave of layoffs in March didn’t impact ESPN, but this week’s could cost fewer than 100 ESPN staff their jobs, according to CNBC.
Another wave will hit ESPN in early summer, possibly affecting on-air talent, as the network evaluates everything from salaries to job performance.
Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo: “We will have another wave of notifications that will be completed by the start of the summer for those that are not in front-facing talent roles.”
Timing will be everything for on-air talent.

There are at least ten or so untouchables ranging from Stephen A. Smith, Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, Kirk Herbstreit and Mike Greenberg to Scott Van Pelt, Doris Burke, Adam Schefter, Adrian Wojnarowski, and pending free agent Mina Kimes.

“Liberal pollster” lmao nikkas a fukking corporate shill bum …glad his ass is done

 

[Stick Up Kid]

PTI got to be on the chopping block by now

PTI is the highest rated show on ESPN....to this day.

 

[Kaydigi]

PTI is the highest rated show on ESPN....to this day.

That’s crazy that it’s still the highest , then dudes are bitter about everything. There use to be a balance but not to much these days.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

PTI is the highest rated show on ESPN....to this day.

I think First Take is right?

 

[mastermind]

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ESPN Hit By Disney-Mandated Layoffs
Among those laid-off is 43-year communications veteran Mike Soltys.
Layoffs are part of Disney's plan to slash 7,000 and $5.5 billion in costs.
BY MICHAEL MCCARTHY
APRIL 24, 2023 | 09:58 AM
URL copied to clipboard
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
“I’m absolutely gutted.”

That was the anguished reaction of one ESPN executive as long-feared layoffs kicked in Monday at the network’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.






Among those let go was Mike Soltys, a beloved 43-year veteran and the second-longest-tenured employee at ESPN.


The layoffs are part of Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger’s mandate to slash 7,000 jobs and $5.5 billion in costs.

The first wave of layoffs in March didn’t impact ESPN, but this week’s could cost fewer than 100 ESPN staff their jobs, according to CNBC.
Another wave will hit ESPN in early summer, possibly affecting on-air talent, as the network evaluates everything from salaries to job performance.
Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo: “We will have another wave of notifications that will be completed by the start of the summer for those that are not in front-facing talent roles.”
Timing will be everything for on-air talent.

There are at least ten or so untouchables ranging from Stephen A. Smith, Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, Kirk Herbstreit and Mike Greenberg to Scott Van Pelt, Doris Burke, Adam Schefter, Adrian Wojnarowski, and pending free agent Mina Kimes.

Man only got into polling because he a gambling addict and helped to wreck politics in America. fukk em.

 

[Legal]

I think First Take is right?

Nah, despite what you'd think, it's PTI. First Take gets the most engagement, since there's almost always one wild ass statement said per day that gets bounced around on social media, but the midday timeslot is actually pretty shytty. I guess it makes sense, because it's literally on while most people are working, and PTI is on while most people have most likely arrived home from work, and the Wilbon/Kornheiser duo has been around long enough to have damn near raised some folks.

 

[Morethan1]

Damn alot of people got fired from 538 today

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Being the highest rated show doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things really as final call will likely come from Disney and not ESPN. Even if a lot of those talent don’t get the axe, it’s been said that they are going to be asked to take a paycut when some of them have already done so previously during and after COVID.

 

[Skooby]

Damn alot of people got fired from 538 today

Not just Silver?

 

[Rev]

Makes sense, honestly. Aside from the talent they fly out to the site of games, Monday Night Countdown honestly doesn't provide anything unique that a viewer has probably already been served by the several hours of NFL related content from Sunday evening, and through the day on Monday, and couldn't be served to them with just extending SportsCenter another hour with extended segments with their roster of NFL analysts.

Yea, Monday Countdown is almost an afterthought really and doesn’t move the needle much.

Maybe they can find a way to make NFL Live the pregame show - combining what they already do in the afternoons with a pregame feel leading into Monday Night Football.

Sunday Countdown is also weak, really.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Yea, Monday Countdown is almost an afterthought really and doesn’t move the needle much.

Maybe they can find a way to make NFL Live the pregame show - combining what they already do in the afternoons with a pregame feel leading into Monday Night Football.

Sunday Countdown is also weak, really.

Theoretically they could just make NFL Live the pregame show on Mondays and pushing back the start time, but they'd have to find something to fill in the hour gap from their original slot. It's either that or trim the fat and cut the pregrame show down to an hour and replacing with an extra hour of SC lol.

 

[Morethan1]

Chris Herring retweed some



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