Le Batard continues to speak out on the 'elder statesmen' of sports media.
Le Batard spoke on"The Dan Le Batard Show" on Oct. 11 saying that he has continued to be interested in the"elder statesmen" of the industry. Le Batard commented in particular about Smith and how the highly-criticized move of 'First Take' to drop Max Kellerman is reaping viewership benefits for Smith and his show.
"Stephen A. has spent two years defending his decision in various places — or maybe 18 months — to not have Max Kellerman on that show because he wanted to do a different show, and he's being rewarded with it with numbers that you don't generally see on television these days," Le Batard said.852,000 viewers during the Monday, Oct. 9 show.
That was the show's second-highest viewership number this year, behind only the Jan. 2 show after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field."It's been fascinating to watch as his power has grown there, him being able to take what he's already the number one show there and turn it into his personal commercial for his brand and things that he is building outside of ESPN.""I don't think dislikes Skip," Le Batard said.
But one noteworthy talking point from Le Batard is that while Smith is able to grow ESPN's audience, he's also building his total brand outside of ESPN by leveraging the large platform of ESPN. "When ESPN is in the middle of layoffs, telling you 'I can be next.' And then you watch on ESPN the scroll for a daily infomercial him telling you, 'And you can catch me over here on 'The Stephen A. Smith Show' on YouTube' where I have my own production company ... He's clearly building a safety net right in front of your eyes, like it's clear that unemotionally, rationally, he's protecting the business and the brand of Steven A.
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