Derek Futterman

1 week ago | barrettmedia.com | Derek Futterman

- Advertisement -As Chris Fallica was approaching three decades working at ESPN, he began to feel that he was at his peak with the company. Having started out of college as a production assistant in radio and eventually landing a research role with College GameDay, he satisfied a distinctive niche and crafted an individual brand through an on-air position taking part in the show.

1 week ago | barrettmedia.com | Derek Futterman

- Advertisement -Throughout the 34-year history of WEEI operating in the sports talk format, no professional team in the Boston metropolitan area has secured more league championships than the New England Patriots. Led by quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, the franchise secured titles six times since the turn of the century.

2 weeks ago | barrettmedia.com | Derek Futterman

- Advertisement -Dan Shulman remembers when he received a phone call from ESPN informing him that the company wanted him to be the voice of Sunday Night Baseball. Despite previous experience as a national baseball announcer at the network for 16 years, this jump led him to feel the most nervous he had ever been in his career.

2 weeks ago | barrettmedia.com | Derek Futterman

- Advertisement -When Warner Bros. Discovery reached a settlement with the National Basketball Association over a lawsuit pertaining to media rights, it marked a moment in the history of the sports division. For the first time since 1984, a property currently in its oversight would not hold NBA U.S. broadcasting rights, a reality that is going to commence next season.

3 weeks ago | barrettmedia.com | Derek Futterman

- Advertisement -As media conglomerates place a heightened emphasis on investing resources into creating content accessible on digital platforms and streaming entities, there is an indisputable paradigm shift in the overall return on investment. Whereas radio and television used to garner lucrative quarterly gains, both delivery methods are somewhat endangered because of altered consumption patterns, leading to corporate downsizing, diminished valuations and market consolidation.