ESPN lays off NBA reporter Zach Lowe over seven-figure salary
Another high-profile talent is out at ESPN.
Senior NBA writer Zach Lowe has been laid off by the network, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported.
Lowe had been with ESPN for more than a decade, having joined Bill Simmons’ Grantland vertical in 2012 after writing for Sports Illustrated.
Lowe was one of the few Grantland writers who made the transition over to ESPN when the vertical shuttered in 2015; NFL writer Bill Barnwell was another.
Lowe’s salary, more than $1 million a year, was the “biggest factor” in his dismissal from ESPN, according to The Athletic.
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