Burton is talking directly to people on the BOR. He's got a network with the alums as well, but he's better connected than the others to the administration and their governance mechanism. He'll feed doses of info and quotable sources to Brown as the Powers That Be instigate for him.
Ketchum is persona non grata but fatta with The Money and the administration. As others have pointed out, at some point, Anwar and Hermansipid became buddies, which is bizarre but we've watched it unfold.
People working with IT are connected to Carrington, assistants on the staff, Herman, and various other staffs across the country. They're also connected to the HS system and the street agent realm in ways no other sites are. Gerry is connected across the sports media landscape in ways the rest of these guys aren't. They're also connected to folks who are either major contributors or part of some of those cadres.
To me, that means that that Burton will know definitively before anyone else when dipshit is fired. IT will know who the assistants will be, which players are staying/going, and which recruits are coming/leaving sooner than anyone else. Ketchum will know precisely when the McRib is back.
We'll see, but my guess is the issue with the major outlets is that their audiences aren't going to find this to be much of a story. EOT is a very niche issue for hardcore elements of the fanbase and the program.Hell, it isn't even that easy to quickly explain. Of course when it is clear that Tomblefuck has been given the heave-ho, it will be everywhere instantly.
Mostly, the EOT angle and the insubordination premise coming with it should tell us that they're working on negotiating a reduction or removal of the buyout, and they probably have emails to support that and other issues, and it's forcing, or attempting to force, Trace Armstrong to back off the position of "fuck you, pay this fucker (and me)".