Current:Home > NewsMelissa Stark, Andrew Siciliano among NFL Network's latest staff cuts -Quantum Finance Bridge
Melissa Stark, Andrew Siciliano among NFL Network's latest staff cuts
View
Date:2025-04-18 08:50:35
While ratings for the NFL continue to soar and set records, the league's internal media arm experienced additional cuts.
Four prominent on-air personalities will not be back: Andrew Siciliano, Melissa Stark, Will Selva and James Palmer.
"As is normal course of business this time of year, we are evaluating our talent roster for the upcoming 2024 season and beyond," NFL Network spokesperson Alex Riethmiller said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports. "That process results in renewals, non-renewals and additions to our talent lineup depending on programming needs. To those departing talent, we give our sincere thanks and appreciation for their hard work and contributions to NFL Media."
The Athletic first reported the news of the cuts.
Siciliano became popular by hosting "RedZone" on "DirecTV" on Sundays during the regular season since 2005. However, Google and YouTube TV gained the rights to the "Sunday Ticket" package and "RedZone" was pared down to one production hosted by Scott Hanson.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
Selva provided news updates for the in-transition morning show on NFL Network, "Good Morning Football." The future of that show is in flux. It is currently on hiatus until August and is moving production from New York to Los Angeles. Host Jamie Erdahl has said she will stay with the program, although the other members of the show (Kyle Brandt, Peter Schrager, Jason McCourty) have not announced their plans.
Stark was a contributor and is still the sideline reporter for "Sunday Night Football" and NBC's top NFL broadcast team.
Palmer was a national reporter and correspondent for NFL Network since 2015. He posted on social media that NFL Network had bought out the remainder of his contract.
NFL Media is controlled and owned by the league, but the NFL has recently sought a buyer to take over operations. ESPN has been mentioned as a potential match as part of an equity swap. Last May, NFL Network laid off 5% of its Los Angeles-based crew (roughly 50 people) and, in January, the league offered 200 employees buyouts.
veryGood! (52854)
Related
- A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
- Ex-Peruvian intelligence chief pleads guilty to charges in 1992 massacre of six farmers
- Police in Sri Lanka use tear gas to disperse opposition protest against dire economic conditions
- 11-year-old girl hospitalized after Indiana house fire dies, bringing death toll to 6 young siblings
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- AP PHOTOS: As Carnival opens, Venice honors native son Marco Polo on 700th anniversary of his death
- In the battle over identity, a centuries-old issue looms in Taiwan: hunting
- Investigators detail how an American Airlines jet crossed a runway in front of a Delta plane at JFK
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Ranking
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- Missouri prosecutor seeks to overturn the conviction of an inmate who has spent decades on death row
- What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?
- Has Taylor Swift been a distraction for Travis Kelce and the Chiefs? Not really
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- Look what the Chiefs made airlines do: New flight numbers offered for Super Bowl
- Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team
- Under bombing in eastern Ukraine and disabled by illness, an unknown painter awaits his fate
Recommendation
Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
Mango’s Sale Has All the Perfect Capsule Wardrobe Staples You Need up to 70% off Right Now
Tanker truck driver killed in Ohio crash that spilled diesel fuel identified; highway repairs needed
Brazil, facing calls for reparations, wrangles with its painful legacy of slavery
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
Light It Up With This Gift Guide Inspired by Sarah J. Maas’ Universe
Super Bowl winners and scores: All-time results for every NFL championship game
Horoscopes Today, January 27, 2024