Re: [TV orNotTV] Longtime ESPN Exec Leaves After Almost 40 Years

2024-04-07 Thread Tom Wolper
I don’t think it’s kissing his ass as much as not sending word around the building that hiring him was a mistake. On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 1:50 PM PGage wrote: > If the new world of ESPN requires kissing Pat McAfee’s ass then Norby is > well out. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Sat, 6 Apr 2024

Re: [TV orNotTV] Longtime ESPN Exec Leaves After Almost 40 Years

2024-04-06 Thread PGage
If the new world of ESPN requires kissing Pat McAfee’s ass then Norby is well out. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 10:01 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > In a rapidly shifting media environment 40 years of experience isn’t an > immediate asset. Williamson thrived when the ESPN economic mode

Re: [TV orNotTV] Longtime ESPN Exec Leaves After Almost 40 Years

2024-04-06 Thread Tom Wolper
In a rapidly shifting media environment 40 years of experience isn’t an immediate asset. Williamson thrived when the ESPN economic model was to make people who never watched the channel pay for it as part of their cable subscription. That bucket of money is going away and when meeting the challenge

[TV orNotTV] Longtime ESPN Exec Leaves After Almost 40 Years

2024-04-05 Thread Mark Jeffries
Norby Williamson, a 39-year veteran of the Worldwide Leader and head of "SportsCenter" and events and news coverage, is leaving, supposedly after a disagreement over long-term strategy with content president Burke Magnus, although some say that he is leaving over an on-air attack on him by Pat