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

[thenatural]

Goes to show you that the last thing The Mouse gives a fukk about is sports. But when they're talking about cutting mid-level employees that make between 2-3 million is crazy. That's a lot (at least to me) for a mid-level worker.

 

[Street Knowledge]

Do you really miss any of these people tho

 

[Rev]

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Damn maybe SAS wasn't lying when he said that he wasn't immune from being on the chopping block.

 

[Rev]

Damn maybe SAS wasn't lying when he said that he wasn't immune from being on the chopping block.

I think the company overall is just moving away from big budget original docs and miniseries.

Disney+ and ESPN+ originals departments are getting smacked with layoffs.

The focus is securing media rights for live sports more than anything.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I think the company overall is just moving away from big budget original docs and miniseries.

Disney+ and ESPN+ originals departments are getting smacked with layoffs.

The focus is securing media rights for live sports more than anything.

Disney is learning that important lesson that other media companies are in that streaming services aren't worth the ROI. It hasn't said yet, but I'm guessing they'll probably do as they last time in paying people out the remainder of their contract unless they end up getting another gig.

I still do think that SAS and those other talent are going to be looking at paycut in some form. Awful Announcing really did a story about him and brought up a good point that he's not really gaining any traction outside of the sports world and the character he portrays there.

 

[FAH1223]

Disney is learning that important lesson that other media companies are in that streaming services aren't worth the ROI. It hasn't said yet, but I'm guessing they'll probably do as they last time in paying people out the remainder of their contract unless they end up getting another gig.

I still do think that SAS and those other talent are going to be looking at paycut in some form. Awful Announcing really did a story about him and brought up a good point that he's not really gaining any traction outside of the sports world and the character he portrays there.

Link about SAS?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Link about SAS?

What is Stephen A. Smith's endgame?

Stephen A. Smith is one of the most visible and highly compensated analysts in sports TV. But it's apparent that Smith wants more.

awfulannouncing.com

I didn't realize how bad his podcast was flopping, until they pulled the receipts.

 

[Morethan1]

What is Stephen A. Smith's endgame?

Stephen A. Smith is one of the most visible and highly compensated analysts in sports TV. But it's apparent that Smith wants more.

awfulannouncing.com

I didn't realize how bad his podcast was flopping, until they pulled the receipts.

The podcast, “Know Mercy,” is ranked No. 58 on Chartable in “Society and Culture.”

Is 58 flopping?

What are the actual numbers? I just read that entire article and 58th was the only thing mentioned

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

The podcast, “Know Mercy,” is ranked No. 58 on Chartable in “Society and Culture.”

Is 58 flopping?

What are the actual numbers? I just read that entire article and 58th was the only thing mentioned

With SAS supposed starpower, that ranking should be higher than what it is for someone with aspirations outside of the sports world and ESPN's biggest star.

It's ranked #109 now btw.

 

[jadillac]

SAS doesn't have the demographic for a podcast.

Despite his Fox News persona and cringeish things he's said about race, SAS main demo is middle-aged black men. That's who watches First Take just for him, that's who listened to his radio show when it was on.

But middle-aged black men overall aren't checking for a podcast on their phone, or even on youtube

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

SAS doesn't have the demographic for a podcast.

Despite his Fox News persona and cringeish things he's said about race, SAS main demo is middle-aged black men. That's who watches First Take just for him, that's who listened to his radio show when it was on.

But middle-aged black men overall aren't checking for a podcast on their phone, or even on youtube

His character just doesn’t work outside of the sports world. They tried once with Greeny in trying to make him bigger outside of ESPN, but it just wasn’t happening.

SAS is bigger than Greeny, but not that crossover star he wants to be.

 

[FAH1223]

SAS doesn't have the demographic for a podcast.

Despite his Fox News persona and cringeish things he's said about race, SAS main demo is middle-aged black men. That's who watches First Take just for him, that's who listened to his radio show when it was on.

But middle-aged black men overall aren't checking for a podcast on their phone, or even on youtube

His YouTube page is getting bigger tho

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

I think the company overall is just moving away from big budget original docs and miniseries.

Disney+ and ESPN+ originals departments are getting smacked with layoffs.

The focus is securing media rights for live sports more than anything.

Good.

ESPN fukked up when they stopped being about sport and started trying to be "culture".

I don't know when Disney bought them, but I'll bet that's when a lot of this bullshyt started.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Woody Paige looks like a corpse on Around The Horn right now