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5 Biggest ESPN Personalities That Have Left Since Last Year
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 9:34am | 546Read More...Former baseball ace Curt Schilling's departure from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ESPN segment has certainly been well publicized and full of controversy. However, Schilling isn't the only big name to have left the company in recent history. Bill Simmons Bill Simmons is a sports columnist that wrote...
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Disney CEO Sheds Light On ESPN, Broader Cable TV Trends
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 4:05pm | 456Read More...Following the company’s Q2 earnings report, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger discussed several key issues for the company in coming years. Iger discussed the role ESPN will play in a rapidly evolving pay-TV environment, the implications of “cord-cutting” and Disney...
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Did Mark Cuban Really Finalize A Game-Changing Trade At The Colbert Report?
Friday, December 19, 2014 - 3:56pm | 280Read More...Leave it to the Dallas Mavericks' eccentric and outspoken owner to pull off a game-changing trade for his team while at Comedy Central studios. At least that's according to Keith Olbermann, who was among several guests at Stephen Colbert's final taping of "The Colbert Report....
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ESPN Flexes Muscle In Cable Bundle Debate
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 10:22am | 634Read More...The debate over whether cable and satellite companies should offer TV channels via bundles (as they do now) versus a la carte options has a big player – Disney (NYSE: DIS) owned ESPN, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” According to The New York Times, last year ESPN produced 35,...
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Would "Olbermann & Beck" Be The Greatest TV News Show Ever?
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 10:56am | 272Read More...According to Forbes, research conducted by Marketing Evaluations, a company which surveys consumers about their opinions on people and brands, proves that both Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann generate far more negative than positive feeling. Big surprise, right? But this is interesting, because if...
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Starbucks And MSNBC: Too Close For Comfort? (SBUX)
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 12:38pm | 341Read More...If you hadn't thought much about the deal between Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and MSNBC, you might now. Ad Age has an interesting piece on the potential conflict of interest between corporations and the media when they band together for sponsorships. As many are aware, MSNBC's Morning Joe show is...
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MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann Over Campaign Contributions
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 3:50pm | 134Read More...MSNBC has suspended liberal political commentator and host of "Countdown" Keith Olbermann for campaign contributions he made to Democratic candidates. The contributions were in violation of the network's policy. MSNBC president, Phil Griffin, issued a statement saying: “I became aware of Keith's...
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Could Former CNBC’er Be the Cure For Olbermann’s Ratings Plunge?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 5:22pm | 411Read More...That’s the buzz of the industry as Keith Olbermann’s downward trend in the ratings continues based on the 2Q cable news ratings which are out today. According to Business Insider, Olbermann is down double digits for FIVE consecutive quarters in the advertiser friendly lucrative 25-54 demo that are...
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BREAKING NEWS: Billions Survive ObamaCare Apocalypse
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:49pm | 267Read More...As we all know, ObamaCare was signed into law. This morning, on the way to work, I looked around and saw that this morning was pretty much like yesterday morning. And the morning before that. The absence of flaming demons, cackling horsemen, the Angel of Death, Vishnu, and a host of other post-...
