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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 of a new era, having a senior executive who wants to stay in the > past isn’t helpful. > > The beef with McAfee is typical behavior. Williamson talked shit about > McAfee knowing as he’s only new on-air talent, McAfee couldn’t respond. But > McAfee decided to call him out publicly by name and the top ESPN management > didn’t make McAfee apologize for it. That was the hint to Williamson that > his time was up. > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 11:42 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> McAfee, the former football player and occasional pro wrestler whose talk >> show is carried by ESPN--McAfee, who has hosted Aaron Rodgers on many >> occasions for him to spout his rightwing anti-vaxxer crap, claimed that >> Williamson was trying to "sabotage" his show by lying about his ESPN >> ratings: >> >> https://www.thewrap.com/espn-norby-williamson-exits/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e5fd6be2-0012-4d71-b7bb-1b3ce9a05904n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e5fd6be2-0012-4d71-b7bb-1b3ce9a05904n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEqU_Ai67S4YCYgE7RNqrURQP4uwf61AprMAD6psQZj%3DA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEqU_Ai67S4YCYgE7RNqrURQP4uwf61AprMAD6psQZj%3DA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKYaMUW5%2BxgEbzh6w0GG4jG7xzY2SzBKkrpqEr61ZsZ8Q%40mail.gmail.com.
