UM Alum Chantel Jennings is out at ESPN
Per her Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChantelJennings/status/857312475259092992
April 26th, 2017 at 11:31 PM ^
I forgot Bledsoe threw 4 picks that SB.
Exactly...there is no "it was too liberal and I stopped watching...and I caused this, I won."
People don't watch ESPN anymore and you can see why...no one time to watch ESPN anymore and we now live in a world where we get our information instantly.
Why do you watch ESPN when you already know all of the headlines because you get them from your ESPN app or social media? If you want HAWT TAKES...you go to Twitter...you don't go watch ESPN anchors give them anymore. If you like Stephen A. - get online, there are a million of them if that's your thing.
So yes, they have bad spending...but more than anything, the times are just changing. People trying to take credit for it would be like a group of people taking credit for people no longer reading the newspaper. Sorry, but no one group did it. The culture did.
How many times do you hear people say "does anyone watch ESPN other than the live sports?" ALL THE DAMN TIME!
That's because live sports is really the only thing you can't get instantly/ahead of time from another source. No one is rushing home to watch SportsCenter, no one is DVR'ing it for the content...they already know what happened. The only reason people watch non-live sports is because they like the anchors over other people with HAWT TAKES.
ESPN recognized this and put SVP, and Mike and Jemele on SportsCenter for this very reason. They realize it had nothing to do with content. Now every SportsCenter they have his advertising the anchors...even the night shows. Because people only watch it because they agree with it or they want to argue with their TVs because they hate the person so much.
However, it was just too late. You can't change the cultural shift...you just have to adapt or think of the next best thing.
April 27th, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^
people who watches such shows are likely less advertising money worthy.
Yet another dumb post from one of the dumbest posters on MGoBlog.
April 26th, 2017 at 11:28 PM ^
LOL. Compliment coming from you brother. Watch ESPN die from their bigoted shows. Thanks
ESPN will be just fine. On the other hand, no one will ever remember you.
He's right, though. ESPN isn't going under because of liberal politics, that's pure fantasy.
It's simple math. People are cutting the cable/satelite cord, so revenue is down, and ESPN overpaid for broadcast rights for the NFL, MLB, and NBA. That is an expense that can't be reduced, unless these leagues agree to redo their deals. ESPN may be gone within 5 years.
Her farewell, as others have said, was 100% class and a great example of how to handle a situation like this.
I also believe she was a bright spot at ESPN - very talented - and she'll be able to take that talent elsewhere very soon so we can continue reading, I hope.
She is a great writer and has a great camera presence. I'm sure she will get picked up (/I hope she does). One of the better ones to be let go tbh.
It is pretty sad how much glee some people get from people losing their jobs.
Fuck you
ESPN is no different than Coke, or Intel, or the local town business losing jobs. If you going to revel in people losing jobs then you can fuck 100% the fuck off in my book.
April 27th, 2017 at 12:22 AM ^
Where exactly is this booming economy for sports writers? Or on-air sports talent?
bless that young lady. that grace she showed is worthy of a posbang.
kannell (don't know who he is, couldn't identify his voice) may have been a jerk, but wouldn't it be better if we were all a little more like this particular U of M grad, as opposed to the outbreak of RCMB in the kannell negbang?
Jaymee Sire and Jade McCarthy are indeed not the same person.
But I can place her with WGN in Chicago. They'll snap her up. Unfortunately it's "only" Chicago and local sports for the most part. If she really needs "a job" tell her and contact me if she's interested.
K I'll let her know next time we talk!
That she might review the MGoBlogs from time to time and, perhaps seeing her name here, review the post and express interest? Because, although it lacks the luster of ESPN, I actually can place her with WGN very quickly, and so why not try to help.
When it adopted clear political bias. I'm on Gab now and I don't see her there. I can't reach out by email to ESPN presumably because that's been terminated. I'll do a umichdotedu if you have it. Otherwise this was my best attempt, say what you will and BTW did you try to help?.
Could almost guarantee Chantel never ever checks MGoBlog. Got to know her a little over the years and that's just not her style at all.
April 26th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
That's her loss. Because the MGoBlogs are the best sports blogs evah. And that's literally true. I love this space.
Tell me you are not a stalker.
You're generally not allowed to talk about severance packages at the risk of losing your severance package.
if we're going to speculate - most if not all of those people were yearly contract employees, i'd guess that ESPN will pay them for the duration of the contract without requiring any further work.
gladly make a home for her.
Get in line
I find the story of Chantel’s layoff, and of the layoffs of dozens of her colleagues, to be a sad one. Chantel herself is obviously a good journalist, classy, and talented. But the ESPN layoffs are a reminder of the pervasive instability and unfairness of our economic/social system. Disney from its beginning has been an anti-worker, anti-union outfit. Today, its stock price closed up, an increase of 11% just this year. As the Dude said, “This Aggression will not stand, man.” Eventually, workers in the internet age will learn to use the vast power of its technology to organize, unite and implement a more stable and equitable economy.
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April 27th, 2017 at 12:52 AM ^
ha ha.
She seems like a prime candidate for BTN to scoop up.
Brian Bennett, the B1G reporter was also fired.
BTN should be on the horn...3 hours ago trying to get both.
...have you read this from your boy Clay Travis?
http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/what-happens-if-there-is-too-much-goo…