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# Puck podcast: Paramount’s red-state gambit, ESPN’s talent math
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/puck-podcast-paramounts-red-state-gambit-espns-talent-math/
- Published: 2026-09-19T13:53:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T13:53:56.000Z
- Description: Julia Alexander and Dylan Byers unpack Paramount’s Nashville-or-Texas relocation brinksmanship with Rob Bonta, the Bari Weiss ratings debate and Nielsen’s shifting methodology. They close by weighing ESPN’s talent-pay math on Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Tom Brady.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Measurement, Puck: Ellison exit threats and ESPN talent economics

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