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Ariel Helwani

11 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 23, 2021 by Sam Parr · said 13 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Ariel Helwani's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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Sep 23, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Parr: Ariel Helwani left a ~$1M ESPN salary to build independent media
“He just quit ESPN where he was probably making close to a million dollars a year as a host. And he created a sub stack, his own podcast, and he's kind of building like a little media media empire.”
Sam Parr Sep 23, 2021 ▶ 0:57 How to Make Millions With a Modern Day Infomercial | My First Million #221
Oct 29, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Helwani: I book every show guest myself without any booking agent
“In, in the what is it now? 12 years of me doing this, like hosting this type of weekly show and all this stuff, shows, I've never had a person book the guest for me. I book every single guest. Every single name that you see on my show on, on Wednesday, Rose, a…”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 30:09 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021
Disclosure
Helwani: Core media operation runs with just three staff members
“Right now I have, I would say three people who work with me one person, social media, one person's video, one person's audio.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 54:28 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Helwani: UFC ban lasted only 48 hours in 2016, not for life
“I am not banned for life. I was banned for 48 hours, but that was back in 2016. Over time, there's been some revisionist history where people think I'm still banned. I'm not banned. I've been to a bunch of events since then.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 57:22 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021
Insight
Helwani: Keep initial guest interviews short to secure repeat appearances
“I didn't keep them for very long. I would keep them for like 20 minutes in hopes of getting them to come back the next time, right? Cause it's not just about this time. It's about the next time and the next time and it's the next time. And so I don't want them…”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 46:55 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Helwani: Vox Media is my biggest revenue driver
“Right now my biggest revenue driver, if you want to put in those terms, is is Vox Media. They're paying me the most.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 17:06 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021
Disclosure
Helwani breaks down his multi-platform media partnerships after leaving ESPN
“Now I'm working with Vox, my old friends at Vox Media, with the Ringer Spotify, with Substack, with BT Sport. I did a thing for Showtime recently, BetMGM, and, ah, it's great.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 8:49 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Helwani: Dana White tried to block my ESPN hiring before day one
“From the moment the news came out that I was signing, he was trying to get me to not even have day one at ESPN.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 13:19 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021
Disclosure
Helwani: All Substack subscription proceeds are donated to charity
“All the proceeds that I was getting from the subs, I'm donating to charity. So I want people to know I'm not profiting off of any of this.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 38:26 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021 positive
Insight
Helwani: Media personalities succeed by dominating niches rather than being generalists
“The days of sitting in your car and hoping that they talk about something or listening to people just talk about God knows what, those days are over. And so it is actually a lot better in my opinion to go into a niche to be the niche guy as opposed to being th…”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 28:16 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Oct 29, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Helwani: ESPN offered me a contract extension and I turned it down
“They even offered me a new contract, unlike what other people are trying to say about me being fired. I was never fired. They offered me a contract and I turned it down.”
Ariel Helwani Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 16:09 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
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