Deistch updates his report and says close to 100 people will be layed off.Deitsch says on Facebook that cuts could start Wednesday
So they fire people like Werder, but pay big $$$ to idiots like Rex Ryan and SAS??Ed Werder has been laid off.
Ed WerderVerified account @Edwerderespn 5m5 minutes ago
After 17 years reporting on #NFL, I've been informed that I'm being laid off by ESPN effective immediately. I have no plans to retire
If you think Ed Werder has the same impact on ratings as those two, or any impact for that matter, I don't know what to tell you.
Wingo is going to be replacing Greenberg on Mike and Mike so yes he's safe.Wingo's twitter, guessing he's safe.
trey wingoVerified account @wingoz
Too many dear friends to mention..but in a very tough business.. this is one of the toughest days I can remember.
And that's why you don't run ESPN. ESPN cares about eyeballs because eyeballs means money. Nobody cares if Schefter, Werder, Rappaport, or whomever gets a scoop anymore and they're certainly not watching Sportscenter for Ed Werder.I don't give a shit. Anyone could give hot takes as bad as SAS/ Skip Baylee's for half of what they pay them.. You can't say the same for the quality of work that Werder has done. One is easily replaceable while the other isn't.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/layoffs-hit-espn-as-network-sheds-air-talent-997616Other ESPN personalities are seeing their roles "significantly reduced," a person with knowledge of the situation told The Hollywood Reporter. They include Baseball Tonight's Karl Ravitch, ESPN Radio's Ryen Russillo and Hannah Storm, who has been a mainstay at ESPN for a decade and hosted various iterations of flagship SportsCenter,
Barry Melrose is gonna be all that remains of their pathetic hockey "coverage" isn't he?Pierre LeBrun too
Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun 1m1 minute ago
Well folks, as you can tell by my new Twitter handle, I was also among the cuts today at ESPN.
This sucks. I know Joe personally and is a great guy. One can only hope that he can get back on the Bruins beat.Local guy Joey Mac is gone. Hope he lands a job back in Boston.
Joe McDonaldVerified account @ESPNJoeyMac 2m2 minutes ago
After nearly eight years of covering the NHL, MLB and the NFL at ESPN, it's time for the next chapter in my career.
With Buccigross possibly gone - yes.Barry Melrose is gonna be all that remains of their pathetic hockey "coverage" isn't he?
The only thing worse than doing this once is doing it twice. I expect it to be a bloodbath.
I pretty much guarantee Jemele Hill is going NOWHERE. She has become one of the "faces" of the network right now, and they have gone all in with her and Michael Smith on the 6 p.m. "Sports" Center broadcast.Please tell me Ray Lewis, Trent Dilfer, and Jemele Hill are among the cuts? Then I'd feel little better about the rest of them (Lebrun, Joey Mac, Werder, Dana)
I really don't understand ESPN's evaluation of talent.
They really need to bring back Charissa and bring in Katie.
Wasn't Ray already gone? Not that we can't celebrate that againPlease tell me Ray Lewis, Trent Dilfer, and Jemele Hill are among the cuts? Then I'd feel little better about the rest of them (Lebrun, Joey Mac, Werder, Dana) gone and people like Ravech getting their roles reduced.
I really don't understand ESPN's evaluation of talent.
They really need to bring back Charissa and bring in Katie.
Personally, I'm all for going all in with a 2/7 off-suit.I pretty much guarantee Jemele Hill is going NOWHERE. She has become one of the "faces" of the network right now, and they have gone all in with her and Michael Smith on the 6 p.m. "Sports" Center broadcast.
ESPN kind of following the MTV playbook where the main programming (music videos/sports events & coverage) got phased out for other programming. it's gone so well for MTV:I think the message is pretty clear. ESPN is getting out of, or at least de-emphasizing, actual news gathering in favor of "entertaining" on-air content.
ForbesMTV, too, has also seen trouble. The network's audience dropped by almost 50% in the lucrative 18-49 demographic (an age category that is particularly important to MTV) since 2011. During the same time period, the network slipped from the number eight ad-supported cable network to number 20.
Same here. I never watch any of their flagships anymore.When I'm looking for info on a breaking story, I go to twitter or I come here. I tune in to games literally at kickoff if they are on ESPN, or anywhere really. I avoid their non-live content like the plague. While I like some of the people supporting broadcasts, they are normally telling me stuff I/we already know if we're looking at our phones. It's a different business.
I read a book on the history of MTV about 10 years ago. The book referenced that by the late 80s they knew they had to change because they did not make one dime playing videos. When MTV began the shift with Remote Control and the Real World, it was like throwing spaghetti on a wall to see if something stuck before they shut off the lights.ESPN kind of following the MTV playbook where the main programming (music videos/sports events & coverage) got phased out for other programming. it's gone so well for MTV:
This is what is holding the dam together. When the bidding prices from networks start plummeting and the market for a la carte/streaming for live sports becomes more viable, the full implosion will occur. Same thing applies to cable news, although I think they have more of a shelf life than sports networks.The interesting thing going forward is that we have never seen a decline in television contracts for major sports, but logic says that it should happen. I guess in theory, the leagues could tell their broadcast partners that they don't care that they are losing money on what they are selling them - just make sure their next bid is higher than the last.
They've got a year to pick someone else to do it. They might as well go full bore with their lackluster coverage of the tournament by removing the one (prominent) guy in their ranks who had genuine enthusiasm for it.Don't they still have the TV rights to the NCAA hockey tournament? Buccigross is their main guy for that.