ESPN layoffs

[DanMcQ]

No "forward facing talent"

www.courant.com/business/hc-espn-layoffs-1021-20151020-story.html

[DanMcQ]

finance.yahoo.com/news/espn-made-two-critical-mistakes-132855270.html

[DanMcQ]

deadspin.com/how-grantland-died-1739682579

[SFHoya99]

Oct 27, 2015 19:33:52 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

finance.yahoo.com/news/espn-made-two-critical-mistakes-132855270.html

Welcome to America, where an executive makes a massive mistake, like overpaying by billions, and gets a massive bonus ... and the average joe is the one who pays the price.

[DFW HOYA]

"As one senior ESPN source told CNN, “We’re getting out of the pop culture business.”

Chris Berman need not worry, I guess.

[DanMcQ]

So, we'll be going forward as SPN then?

[hoyainspirit]

John Skipper admits he underestimated Bill Simmons

Throughout the 36 years of its existence, ESPN has weathered many a dramatic event—comings and goings of stars, programs, executives, and properties—but the intensity surrounding Grantland’s demise caught many at the network by surprise. Skipper admits to underestimating the effect Simmons’s exit would have, conceding it affected Grantland personnel more than he or perhaps anyone else on his management team anticipated.

“We lacked a full understanding of the bonding nature between Bill and those guys,” Skipper says now. But along with management failing to appreciate fully the bond between Simmons and his staff, it also misunderstood the Grantland culture—enough to imagine that turning the site over to Chris Connelly, brought in as a temporary Simmons replacement, would sit well with the staff.