Armageddon at ESPN today

[TigerVols]

...in which Disney celebrates its stock's 17 percent increase this year by laying off 350 employees.

ESPN Layoffs Begin Tomorrow: 350 Employees, Six-Figure Earners

 

[wicked]

I'd imagine a lot of folks there are in that six-figure bracket. But what about the people making seven figures and more?

 

[Ace]

Six figures is not that much in NY/Connecticut

Wishing for the best for friends at ESPN and ESPN.com.

 

[JackReacher]

Six figures is not that much in NY/Connecticut

Wishing for the best for friends at ESPN and ESPN.com.

Depends. What's the number in front of the zeroes?

 

[Ace]

Depends. What's the number in front of the zeroes?

Good point. I just naturally assumed a 1. Low expectations!

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

You don't celebrate weight loss by eating chocolate cake.

 

[TyWebb]

You don't celebrate weight loss by eating chocolate cake.

[with a mouth full of chocolate cake] ... What?

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

[with a mouth full of chocolate cake] ... What?

Just making light of ESPN's response to the good news about its financial health. "Hey, looking good, but we can look better!"

 

[swingline]

I think long-lost SJ members sxy and IJAG are at various ESPN venues. I hope they survive the purge.

 

[Alma]

Sad stuff.

If ala carte cable ever comes along, it'll get much, much worse.

 

[Alma]

I wonder what gets cut? I hope it's not writers, but with all the free content ESPN just gives away, I gotta think, on some level, the writing bit will get scaled way back.

 

[User 11148]

If ala carte cable ever comes along, it'll get much, much worse.

When, not if, unbundled cable comes along, ESPN et al. will be among the last to be hurt ... if they're hurt at all.

 

[clintrichardson]

If they're cutting that many, i wonder if it will be a general trimming. or if there are particular units at espn that could be either lopped off or severely wounded. could they decide to say, de-emphasize the magazine and concentrate a bunch of hits in there?

 

[wicked]

I didn't know we were trying to out posters on here. Good to know that the rules have changed.

 

[wicked]

When, not if, unbundled cable comes along, ESPN et al. will be among the last to be hurt ... if they're hurt at all.

If they keep paying billions for rights to everything under the sun, yes. They will be the only major option for watching live sports.

With the way rights fees have gone bananas over the past 20 years, you wonder if there's a point where even a massive operation like Disney says "no more."

 

[TGO157]

So I guess we shouldn't expect more Jackson State University coverage from ESPN?

 

[JackReacher]

I didn't know we were trying to out posters on here. Good to know that the rules have changed.

Calm down.

 

[Alma]

When, not if, unbundled cable comes along, ESPN et al. will be among the last to be hurt ... if they're hurt at all.

I disagree

 

[Liut]

Wonder if Linda Cohen will get the axe? Whenever I see her I think of Ricky Williams.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

If they're cutting that many, i wonder if it will be a general trimming. or if there are particular units at espn that could be either lopped off or severely wounded. could they decide to say, de-emphasize the magazine and concentrate a bunch of hits in there?

Could they also sell the magazine and maintain the branding on it but outside of synergetic ventures scale back significantly on their editorial contribution?