On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:13 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> PGage, to Joe Hass, in part: >> >>> He needs to work for some version of *The Man*, some power he can >>> envision himself courageously speaking truth to. I don't see him working >>> for Fox News, but I could see him trying to start something at that CBS >>> Sports cable channel I see on my "dial" but have never really watched. >> >> >> Our cabler buries CBSSN in the second tier, semi-buries NBCSN on a high >> channel that a month ago was changed to box-only, and as I reported earlier >> also did the box-only with Speed (to become FoxSportsOne) who's already up >> there with NBC... if these channels are as important as the Bristol Bunch, >> they wouldn't be doing that... >> > > Oh, I don't think there is any question that they are not as important as > the ESPNs - that is kind of my point. Patrick was really energized by the > challenge of building something from nothing, and I think Olby might get > energized by that too. Of course Dan does a lot of ass kissing of his > DirectTV and NBC overlords, but I bet CBS (I guess that is Moonves?) would > put up with a lot of Olby-shit balls being thrown his way if it got CBSSN > even a little bit of a bump. > > NBCSN is the most serious and closest in going after Bristol (especially with their guaranteed low number on Kabletown). CBSSN openly admits that it is nowhere near going after ESPN, and they don't anticipate doing so for at least three to five years. FS1 is, well, still not technically in existence, so it's hard to tell what there they stand on these things. But you're right: if Moonves dealt with Letterman for how long, I'm sure he can deal with a cranky Keith. The question is would Olbermann be willing to take the hard shot to his ego to go that high in the cable channels, especially if he's delusional to think ESPN would welcome him back?
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