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2020-11-10 -PC Follies
ESPN To Cut 500 Jobs; Blames COVID And Not Lefty Politics
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[Zero Hedge] - ESPN is cutting another 500 jobs as pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic are weighing on the sports network. Apparently, the restart of almost all major sports - albeit draped in political messaging for the last 6 months - hasn't been enough to save the network from a fresh round of layoffs.

The network is blaming the coronavirus, naturally, because it certainly can't blame its own politicized discussions during almost every major sporting event it has broadcast over the last few months.

A memo circulated on Thursday from Jimmy Pitaro, the head of ESPN, said the cuts will include 300 layoffs and the elimination of another 200 open positions. The company has 5,000 employees worldwide, according to the LA Times.

The memo said: "Prior to the pandemic, we had been deeply engaged in strategizing how best to position ESPN for future success amidst tremendous disruption in how fans consume sports. The pandemic’s significant impact on our business clearly accelerated those forward-looking discussions."
Posted by Raj 2020-11-10 08:34|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 ...amidst tremendous disruption in how fans consume sports.

..they're not eating up our s**t anymore. The sponsors aren't willing to pay rate for no audience.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-11-10 08:46||   2020-11-10 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Viewers are turning away from the sporting world's woke bullshit.

Enjoy learning to code.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-11-10 09:26||   2020-11-10 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I have not watched ESPN in a very long time. Same for Fox Sports.
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2020-11-10 09:36||   2020-11-10 09:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I cut the cable several years ago and ESPN and FOX went away with a lot of crappy stations as well. I still have a ROKU connection via WI-FI. I have saved a bundle of money over the years and don't miss cable one bit. I get more TV than I can watch. NewsMax is a decent replacement for all the lying MSM/Dem propaganda.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-11-10 11:32||   2020-11-10 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I watched a lot of ESPN up until about 4 years ago.

Loved Mike & Mike in the morning but go back to the days when Allie Sherman talked about the NFL and you could watch Aussie rules football. The more mainstream they got the less there was of interest.
Posted by AlanC 2020-11-10 12:20||   2020-11-10 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Followed the MTV model. Instead of covering the topic they went to an animated fashion magazine.

Sixteen with sports pads.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-11-10 12:45||   2020-11-10 12:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Too much NON-Sports.
Posted by magpie 2020-11-10 17:50||   2020-11-10 17:50|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Clem 2020-11-10 20:17||   2020-11-10 20:17|| Front Page Top

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