ESPN reportedly in talks with former Golden State Warriors executive Bob Myers
Myers would be a huge boost to ESPN's NBA coverage.
Myers would be a huge boost to ESPN's NBA coverage.
"My contract is up soon and I expect that I'll be leaving at the end of it."
This looks to be the first of three waves of ESPN layoffs, with another one also focusing not on on-air talent by the summer, followed by cutbacks to on-air talent.
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"I do think they're going to go to some other people who make big numbers and say 'You can stay, but we're going to cut you in half.' People are going to have decisions to make on that."
"I love my job at the NBA. I have no intention of going anywhere."
The NBA commissioner is notably among a list of names already being put forward as Bob Iger's next successor.
The two shows lasted just two seasons on the Disney+ streaming platform before they were given the ax.
"Spinning [off] ESPN/ABC is the best path forward, and we see it as a reasonably probable late-’23 event."
"A senior Disney official cited Mr. Rice’s decision to renew two struggling shows on the Disney+ streaming service—“The Mighty Ducks” and “Big Shot”—as examples of questionable deal-making. Both shows cost more than $50 million and neither had shown the type of success that merited additional seasons."
The 2015 Newbery Medal-winning book has an official home for its television adaptation.
While linear ESPN saw large losses, ESPN+ added almost 7 million subscribers.