Wide World of Women
https://wideworldofwomen.net/Forum/

Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
https://wideworldofwomen.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=239067		 Page 5 of 11
Author:  newsguy [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
bigzman wrote:
9:28 a.m. Update:

Reporter Britt McHenry will have the NFL Draft as she stays inside one of the team's war rooms in being her final assignment after three years reporting for "The Worldwide Leader In Sports"...not. :Joker

Who might be next? Sure hope it isn't one of our favorite ladies in front of the camera.



Another reason to be pissed if Sage Steele stays. I know she had her haters after the tow truck incident but I like her and she posed with a picture with me (after the incident).
Author:  hanley [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Cord cutting is likely the #1 reason this is happening.
1A is the huge rights fees they're paying.
I don't read anything political into this.
Author:  sparty [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
hanley wrote:
Cord cutting is likely the #1 reason this is happening.
1A is the huge rights fees they're paying.
I don't read anything political into this.


This :Kool
Author:  Nick! [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Of course there's nothing political about the layoffs although I never said that. I used the word political meaning that Hannah Storm is as well known as they come in the sports anchor world going back many years. She knows everyone past and present. That's it. End of story. Wrong word choice. My bad. Hannah works as much or as little as she wants sometimes a day or two a week sometimes more. She does her tennis thing. She does her NFL season thing. She does her specials. Hannah Storm's name affiliated with pretty much anything has and still attracts viewers. Why would ESPN not want that?
Author:  foxcnnTV [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Really sucks to see Jaymee go. Maybe it gets Cassidy Hubbarth back on sportscenter. She still works but went from future star to diminished roles(perhaps by her own choice).
Author:  infamous04 [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
It's possible that Cassidy could rejoin SportsCenter and possibly bring Molly McGrath and Julie Stewart-Binks to the show to fill the void. That would be interesting to see.
Author:  bigzman [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Scores of past and present ESPN personnel took to Twitter on Wednesday, so please take some time to read it all the way through on how ESPN is as one person put it--the channel is starting to resemble, "MSNBC with footballs":

http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/sports-media-industry-reacts-sympathy-espns-layoffs.html
Author:  bigzman [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Possible landing spots for major names affected by layof
Again, take this information with a grain of salt--but some of the potential moves on the horizon may make some sense:

http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/potential-landing-spots-10-espns-prominent-layoffs.html
Author:  infamous04 [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Jaymee Sire and Jade McCarthy to NFL Network? Interesting, but they could be great fill-ins for Lindsay Rhodes, Kay Adams, Erin Coscarelli, and Melissa Stark there.
Author:  bigzman [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Another name that got "the call"
Thursday night update:

Longtime college football analyst and one-time Washington Redskins offensive lineman who was a member of their Super Bowl XXII championship team, Mark May was shown the door.
Author:  newsguy [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Another name that got "the call"
bigzman wrote:
Thursday night update:

Longtime college football analyst and one-time Washington Redskins wide receiver who was a member of their Super Bowl XXII championship team, Mark May was shown the door.



He was an O-line (the Hogs) not a receiver. Also I think Jade will spent time with family and give birth before coming back. Also do they have enough women on the NFL Network (also forgot Amber Theoharis).
Author:  infamous04 [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
Possibly a Jade and Amber Show on NFL Network in the works? Maybe Jaymee and Erin?
Author:  bigzman [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: More sad opinions
Wonder how many of the 100 plus people who were laid off might be thinking of starting their own podcasts?

Take a look at this site (and yes, they did devote some time on the big on-camera losses), of which they claim is growing by leaps and bounds--and they had the most clever Twitter handle of all:

Making fun of the discount retail store Bed, Bath, and Beyond comes
ESPN, Bloodbath and Beyond :shock:.

http://www.thepointaftershow.com/2017/04/espn-lays-100-people-point-show-adds-people/
Author:  BatmanFan [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
infamous04 wrote:
Jaymee Sire and Jade McCarthy to NFL Network? Interesting, but they could be great fill-ins for Lindsay Rhodes, Kay Adams, Erin Coscarelli, and Melissa Stark there.

What show is Erin on? Football AM with Kay Adams is a train wreck.
Author:  bigzman [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The way people get their information certainly has chang
I think the show is called Good Morning Football.

The latest to be shown "the door"--if anyone was interested in knowing was Shaun Assel, an Investigative Unit Writer who was one of the key reasons behind the launch of ESPN The Magazine in 1998. His final piece deals with a feature on Maria Sharapova.

So, it isn't just people in front of the camera--it is writers too. :TickTock

And yes, it is hard to believe--that it took ESPN this long to be like other cable channels going away from their simple vision of delivering the goods and being honest about it:

MTV, was all music videos all the time and ever since The Real World began to insert reality shows in the 1990's, that channel even during the annual Music VMA's is unwatchable--mostly geared toward females in high school and college.

Headline News (anyone remember when it was first referred to as CNN2?), we knew then how to get our news every 30 minutes. Same with business news and sports scores too. Now, it is just Robin Meade and Friends and mostly nothing else--unless you like HLN touting crime stories on Friday nights.

The Weather Channel, yes they actually did report on the weather. Even the forecasts were decent, all set to smooth jazz music. Once Jen Carfagno tried her hand at co-hosting Weather and a Movie on Friday nights during one summer in the mid 2000's, that channel has mostly become unwatchable.

Regionally speaking, the Comcast RSN's (Regional Sports Networks)--for over 20 years, their postgame highlight shows were just that: lots of recaps, locker room interviews with coaches and key players, and maybe one light-hearted story from across the globe.
Since earlier this year, some channels are going to more social media oriented fare. In Chicago, Leila Remini along with Luke Stuckmeyer host a show called In The Loop. It starts out briefly into highlights from the key moments of the day in sports, but they like to stick their attention on the athletes' Twitter and Facebook pages for most of the show. The regular highlight show mostly appears overnight, unless there is no game involving West Coast teams.

The latest move involving ESPN, you figured it was going to happen with their signature show Baseball Tonight. It was a fan's dream since 1990--but thanks to the layoffs of five men plus other writers behind the scenes, the show will only air on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. as a preview show termed Sunday Night Countdown. Karl Ravech, Tim Kurjian, and friends will still be outside the stadium talking about the sport big picture--especially once football starts and the wild card/division races heat up in August into September.

Taking its' place is the new collaborative effort of ESPN teaming up with the MLB Network, as Chris Rose and Kevin Millar's gabfest Intentional Talk will have a show added to ESPN2, weekdays at 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern, then go back to its' regular airing on MLB Network at 5. The ESPN2 show will be cut to 30 minutes during the off-season. Don't be surprised to see ESPN personalities on that show. I have seen it a couple of times myself, way better than any of the garbage that dominates most of the weekdays. Wonder if reruns of SportsNation, let alone Rachel Nichols' cool NBA show, The Jump might get bumped a bit.
Author:  bigzman [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
5:48 p.m. update:

Longtime NBA beat reporter Marc Stein is the latest to get "the call".
Author:  newsguy [ Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
BatmanFan wrote:
infamous04 wrote:
Jaymee Sire and Jade McCarthy to NFL Network? Interesting, but they could be great fill-ins for Lindsay Rhodes, Kay Adams, Erin Coscarelli, and Melissa Stark there.

What show is Erin on? Football AM with Kay Adams is a train wreck.



It's Good Morning Football. I wish there wasn't a table there. Have a couch or something similar to NFL AM. Also is that it with the firings or is there more to come?
Author:  bigzman [ Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
9:11 p.m. update:

Another huge loss, as former veteran NASCAR announcer Allen Bestwick will call the Indy Car Detroit Grand Prix along with his final Indianapolis 500 on May 23.

As he explained on his Twitter account on Friday night,
"So no complaining here, just a "pause in the action.""
Author:  infamous04 [ Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
It looks like few former NASCAR reporters Marty Smith, Lindsay Czarniak, and Nicole expected to be safe very soon. We would like to see ESPN rehire Jade McCarthy later this year or early next year.
Author:  hanley [ Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Major layoffs coming to ESPN by June
infamous04 wrote:
We would like to see ESPN rehire Jade McCarthy later this year or early next year.

"Layoffs"=firings
She's not coming back
Page 5 of 11 All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/