The sports network let go NFL reporter Ed Werder and Jayson Stark along with other on-air and online staff. On Wednesday, ESPN announced a massive round of layoffs involving its on-air and online employees, with a sizable chunk coming from ESPN.com’s stable of reporters and columnists. Those cable subscribers pay a fee for ESPN that historically has been about four times higher than the second-most-expensive network. In November, ESPN’s subscriber base had dipped below 89 million for the first time in a decade. ESPN’s decisions on whom to keep and whom to let go were obviously difficult.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2017 15:11 UTC