A lot less heavy lifting for Rex on Fox or CBS. Maybe those nets didn't want him?ESPN signs ex-Jets, Bills coach Rex Ryan to multi-year deal to be on ‘Sunday NFL Countdown’
You were expecting to take a job where he'd talk less?I'm surprised Rexy went to ESPN: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/espn-signs-ex-jets-bills-coach-rex-ryan-multi-year-deal-article-1.3001156?utm_content=buffer15b37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=mmehta+twitter
A lot less heavy lifting for Rex on Fox or CBS. Maybe those nets didn't want him?
Ha! No, do less work, (likely) get paid more and not be near crappy Bristol.You were expecting to take a job where he'd talk less?
Next month the sports giant will flood the zone with what it’s hoping will be another culturally resonant, super-sized docu-project: “We the Fans,” a multiplatform package chronicling the lives and relationships of a tightknit group of Chicago Bears season-ticket holders in section 250 of Soldier Field.
And, from what I read a few weeks back, the ratings are lower than the "boring" SportsCenter they replaced.Jemele Hill is awful. That new sports center 6 is unwatchable
BloombergAt a standing desk in a corner office, King, 54, is staring at a screen that displays what looks like a stock chart. It’s ESPN’s “Producer Panel,” custom software for tracking what viewers are talking about on social media. A blue line represents the Brady story; a yellow one represents the upset by South Carolina over Duke in the college basketball tournament. King hits a few keys and adds Houston Rockets guard James Harden to the mix of trending topics. Harden made news the day before by wading into a debate about rest for NBA players; today he’s gaining ground on the missing jersey saga, which makes him prime fodder for the evening broadcast.
“One of the cool things about all this digital disruption is that you can know things about your fans,” says King, a former newspaper editor and 13-year veteran of ESPN who took over SportsCenter in 2014. “You don’t have to guess so much.” If you, loyal ESPN viewer, have ever sat in your living room wondering why you’re being subjected to yet another Talmudic discussion of “Deflategate,” King would argue it’s because that’s what you asked for.
Although he concedes that sometimes this approach to “social listening,” as he calls it, can lead to stories that seem overcooked, King points out that if ESPN ignores what’s happening on social media, it will simply lose viewers to Twitter and Facebook. “To me, it’s about respecting the audience,” he says. “Because they’re more sophisticated, and more ready to start digging into their own storylines, than we give them credit for.”
That story looks interesting, but why do designers still insist on using reverse type?
The article mentions His & Hers (the horrific Smith & Hill show) and talks about how it shows ESPN is adapting.That story looks interesting, but why do designers still insist on using reverse type?
Yeah, and this "sophisticated" approach leads to talking heads yelling at each other."This is the widget that makes us to do more Tebow and Manziel stories" said an employee suffering from Digital Stockholm Syndrome. "Time to shovel more coal into the buzz generator" as he pulled on a pair of goggles and grabbed a shovel. "Pull up the 2010 Sugar Bowl again...."
Does it pick up whether there are positive or negative comments or just track the keywords? Like if a million people say they're sick of hearing about Tebow, does the software just pick up a ton of Tebow hits and keep the machine going?
The Wingo-Golic pairing has been a disaster. And Golic deal is expiring.The fact that ESPN would select Greenberg over Golic is pretty damnable in its own right.
Amazing how quickly those long term rights deals are causing the network to unfold.
Yeah, it's incomplete for certain. It looks as though Greenberg's show replaces the painful SC Coast to Coast in the morningsSo I'm not sure what's gone from that list? They still have ESPN2, so Greenie is moving from the Deuce to the mothership? And what goes on #2, reruns of SC, so it's just a flipflop?
Does NFL Live and The Jump survive? SportsNation? LeBatard's unwatchable shows?
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sports/news/espn-layoffs-bristol-john-skipper-sportscenter-anchors-talent-analysts-jemele-hill-michael-smith-adam-schefter-buster-olney/1kjlyr9edm8hb1axnytj86pdt1ESPN employs about a 1,000 announcers, commentators, reporters and analysts for TV, radio and digital.
Different "talent" are reacting different ways to the looming layoffs.
The ex-athletes-turned analysts are more mentally prepared, said sources. At some point in their careers, the Turk came knocking at their door and told them to hand in their playbooks.
Anchors and commentators, on the other hand, are more used to job security and annual raises. They're burning up the phone lines to their agents in New York and Los Angeles.
"The analysts are responding very differently than the non-athletes," one source said. "Ex-jocks are used to coming and going. The non-athletes are more panicked."
http://www.espn.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/816/new-espn-guidelines-recognize-connection-between-sports-politicsNew ESPN guidelines recognize connection between sports, politics
Counting hotels, bars, gyms, etc. should help their numbers.ESPN Is First To Sign On to Nielsen’s Out-of-Home Ratings
Apart from event programming, an important exception, they are dying. Paying Greenie to hold the mornings won't turn the tide. The internet killed them. It just took a while.I was home sick today, so watched the panel shows. Shocked how bad they are. Talked about the same things 3 consecutive shows.
NBA mvp
Romo dressing for Mavs
It's not a question of will the new Greenie deal be a disaster that ESPN regrets--it's how quickly it happens. He's got to be making big money for what position they are putting him in and it's going to be a disaster. He would possibly appeal to an AM viewing crowd but they won't tune in to the network. The whole thing makes no senseApart from event programming, an important exception, they are dying. Paying Greenie to hold the mornings won't turn the tide. The internet killed them. It just took a while.
Because you either let them use it for free and get an attribution or they wouldn't be used at all. These pictures aren't quite "Flag Raised On Iwo Jima".Not sure why anyone would let a major for-profit media company use their images or video for free.
"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.