ESPN rehires Ed Werder, a victim of the 2017 round of layoffs
Werder will cover the Cowboys (of course), but also expand into other sports as well.
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ESPN Deportes Radio will close this fall, with 10 full-time and 25 part-time employees laid off amidst shift to podcasts
ESPN Deportes Radio was launched in 2005 and had 44 current terrestrial affiliates. ESPN is closing it this fall, instead emphasizing podcasts and TV content from ESPN Deportes.
Howie Schwab tweets resentment about how his time at ESPN ended in 2013, and about his inability to find new work
"If you have been at a company a long time, watch your back. Loyalty doesn't mean a thing any more. This will be the last time I ever talk about the pain of that day, being told I could not say goodbye to friends of over 25 years. I was treated like a joke."
Chris Hassel says ESPN layoff “worked out beautifully for me,” CBS Sports HQ “is like all the good parts of SportsCenter”
"It's like all the good parts of SportsCenter, the highlights, the in-depth highlights, the soundbites, the stats, the analysis, and it doesn't have some of the stuff that I didn't really like about the way things had kind of transpired over the years, which was maybe more filler, less highlights, less analysis and more opinion."
Where are they now? Checking in on all the former ESPN employees laid off a year ago
One year after ESPN's massive purge, we've got updates on where everyone wound up.
ESPN’s turnover among its NFL personalities is unprecedented
Almost everyone has left ESPN's NFL coverage for one reason or another in recent years.
The year in sports media: ESPN faces its most challenging year in 2017
2017 will be a year that isn't celebrated too wildly in Bristol.
Sunday NFL Countdown goes on the road for the second time ever…to recently laid-off ESPN analyst Jerome Bettis’ restaurant?
The only previous Sunday NFL Countdown road trip was to Mexico. This time, they'll be broadcasting from Bettis' Grille 36 in Pittsburgh.
After ESPN layoff, Merril Hoge has landed a new job…as a head coach for a crowdsourced playcalling football team?
Hoge is now a head coach for Your Call Football, which will let fans vote on plays.
ESPN personalities pay tribute to laid off behind-the-scenes personnel
Producer David Brofsky and interviewing guru John Sawatsky were among the employees laid off.
ESPN ending evening ESPNews editions of SportsCenter as of Nov. 30, anchors’ contracts may not be renewed
ESPN’s next round of layoffs have arrived, with roughly 150 mostly behind the scenes staffers losing their jobs
ESPN layoffs will primarily affect behind-the-scenes personnel, per report
On-air personalities might be safe, after all.
After layoffs, ESPN plans to fly all remaining editorial talent in for in-person meeting covering social media policy and more
Topics in the two-hour presentation will include the social media policy changes, coverage of political and social issues, and ESPN's current priorities.
Former ESPN baseball analyst Doug Glanville to teach communications course at University of Pennsylvania
The course will "examine the relationship between sports, celebrity, and the power to communicate for social justice."
