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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media.

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48:02

Richard Deitsch Weighs In on the State of Baseball...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/31

From 'The PBP: Voices of Baseball' (subscribe here): This week's episode offers a different perspective on baseball play-by-play. Richard Deitsch of The Athletic joins Matt Spiegel to weigh in on what makes baseball broadcasting great and unique, as well as which styles of voices resonate with fans the most.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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33:46

CNBC’s Alex Sherman on NBA media rights

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/29

Episode 402 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features CNBC Sports Business reporter Alex Sherman. In this podcast, Sherman discusses the latest on the NBA media rights; where Warner Bros. Discovery stands regarding matching Amazon and NBC Universal; how the NBA is thinking; whether there is risk for the NBA to have significant inventory on streaming; the prospects of a fourth package; the impact on WBD's carriage fees/stock price; how AEW might be impacted by the NBA negotiations;

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54:20

Can the WNBA succeed in Canada?

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/28

Episode 401 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed and Toronto Star NBA columnist and reporter Doug Smith. In this podcast we discuss Toronto being granted an expansion franchise with the WNBA; our impressions of the franchise’s initial press conference; whether the WNBA can succeed in Toronto and how that can be done; Shireen breaking the story of the league coming to Canada; how the team will be covered and where the sports media

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51:38

Joe Buck

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2024/05/23

Episode 400 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features ESPN Monday Night Football lead broadcaster Joe Buck. In this podcast we discuss the Monday Night Football schedule including the opening game between the Jets and Niners; how to navigate things Aaron Rodgers says away from football; the expectations placed on Tom Brady as a broadcaster; calling baseball again as a one-off; how much he is thinking about Super Bowl LXI in 2027, discussing gambling on air; how he chose his broadcast

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33:52

Mini-Pod: How to cover a NASCAR fight

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/22

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck. Both are Motorsports reporters for The Athletic and the co-hosts of The Teardown podcast. In this podcast, Gluck and Bianchi discuss the confrontation between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch, following the NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway; the events that led up to that; how Jordan got viral footage of the fight; how they prepare for fights as reporters; how

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27:47

Mini-pod: The 2024 NFL Schedule Review

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/17

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Austin Karp, managing editor/newsletters for Sports Business Journal and Ben Fischer, who covers the NFL and all other pro football news for Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Karp and Fischer discuss the NFL’s schedule and which media partners did well; the importance of the 4:25 p.m. ET window; the Monday Night Football schedule; the power of the Chiefs for broadcasters; Netflix’s moving into the NFL; the international

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49:42

The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/14

Episode 399 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Bryan Curtis, the Editor at Large at The Ringer and the co-host of the Press Box Podcast with David Shoemaker. In this podcast we discuss the NBA rights and what a future featuring ESPN, Amazon and NBC might look like; Charles Barkley as a free agent; the best place for Barkley; why ESPN can't figure out its NBA pre and postgame show; Netflix potentially acquiring the NFL and what that would mean for Netflix; the upcoming WNBA

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49:17

Kevin Egan on hosting MLS 360 and transitioning from...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/10

Episode 398 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kevin Egan, the lead host for MLS 360, the weekly whip-around show on MLS Season Pass. In this podcast, Egan discusses the premise of MLS Season Pass; how a whip-around show for soccer works; his on-air colleagues Sacha Kljestan, Kaylyn Kyle, and Bradley Wright-Phillips; the transition from calling MLS matches to hosting; the challenge of maintaining a career in the US as a soccer broadcaster; what Leo Messi has meant to MLS;

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45:07

What will covering the WNBA be like in the era of...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/09

Episode 397 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two writers from The Athletic who cover women’s basketball — Sabreena Merchant and Ben Pickman. They are also panelists on The Athletic’s Women’s Basketball Show podcast. In this podcast, Merchant and Pickman discuss what they are seeing as far as local and national WNBA media coverage in 2024; what the preseason has been like covering; the upcoming WNBA national schedule; how they anticipate Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, Kamilla

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19:46

Mini-pod: NBA and NHL postseason viewership

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/08

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss viewership for the NBA playoffs and NHL playoffs; why the Knicks might not be as great a viewership draw as you might think; whether people will tune in specifically to see Anthony Edwards; the Bruins as a viewership draw; what the NHL would like to see for the finals; the F-1 Miami rating; the last NBA media rights package up for grabs between

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36:19

How do you write a children’s sports book? The guest...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/03

Episode 396 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sportsnet (Canada) anchor Evanka Osmak, the author of a new children’s book, “Ali Hoops!." The book encourages girls and boys to be involved in sports in any role regardless of skill level. In this podcast Osmak discusses the challenges of writing a children’s sports book; how to come up with characters and a story; the challenge of selling a children’s sports book; the fate of the sports television highlight show in 2024; how

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32:30

How do you produce the Kentucky Derby as a television...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/05/01

Episode 395 of Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Lindsay Schanzer, NBC Sports’ senior producer of horse racing and its college football studio coverage. Schanzer will also co-produce the gymnastics coverage of the Paris Olympics. In this podcast, Schanzer discusses navigating appealing to the hard core horse racing fan and the far bigger audience of casual fans who watch one horse race per year; producing a sports event with an audience that is 50 percent female; how much attention

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51:41

How do you televise an Olympics in 2024?: The guest...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/29

Episode 394 of Sports Media Podcast features Molly Solomon, the executive producer & president of NBC Olympics production. In this podcast, Solomon discusses what a primetime Olympics show on a network should look like in 2024 when the results will already be known; the viewership declines for the Olympics and why Paris might change the fortunes of the event; how a network televises an Olympic ceremony with 100 boats floating down the River Seine; how things change for Solomon being in Connecticut

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50:46

They produce the NFL Draft: ESPN's Seth Markman and...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/24

Episode 393 of Sports Media Podcast features Charlie Yook, NFL Network executive producer and the longtime point person for the network's NFL Draft coverage, and ESPN vice president executive production Seth Markman, who oversees all college football and NFL studio shows, including the NFL Draft. In this podcast, Markman and Yook discuss the growth of the NFL Draft; how the behind-the-scenes work for each production; why this NFL Draft is set up for big viewership; criticism of every pick being

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30:24

Did Ben Johnson get screwed at the 1988 Summer Olympics?

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/23

Episode 392 of the Sports Media Podcast features Mary Ormsby, the author of "World's Fastest Man*: The Incredible Life Of Ben Johnson." Ormsby worked at the Toronto Star for three decades where she was one of Canada's most acclaimed sports investigative reporters. In this podcast, Ormsby discusses her reporting on Ben Johnson and his race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; how she approached re-reporting a story from more than 30 years ago; why there are many people who believe Johnson did not get due

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42:15

How do you promote a book about D3 basketball? The...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/22

Episode 391 of Sports Media Podcast features Danny Parkins, the author of "Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA" and the co-host of The Score 670 (Chicago) afternoon show with Matt Spiegel. In this podcast, we discuss the origin of the book (he co-wrote it with Ben Kaplan); the many former D3 players serving as head coach in the NBA including Tom Thibodeau and Frank Vogel; Jeff and Stan Van Gundy's amazing D3 roots; how to promote a book such as this; the future

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68:47

Andrew Marchand of The Athletic

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/16

Episode 390 of Sports Media Podcast features Andrew Marchand, a senior sports media columnist for The Athletic. In this podcast, we discuss Tom Brady’s comments about considering a comeback and what that means for Fox Sports if anything; if Brady owning a team is conflict of interest as a broadcaster; the NBA media rights and how Marchand sees them shaking out; how Caitlin Clark will impact the WNBA’s business and viewership; what happens now for women’s college basketball; MLB’s Sunday morning

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31:05

Mini-pod: The NCAA Tournament viewership numbers and...

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/11

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast features Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss viewership for the women’s and men’s tournament; the incredible numbers put up by the South Carolina-Iowa final; what Iowa's Caitlin Clark meant in terms of overall viewership; whether the women’s viewership numbers will carry over to next year; the impact of the men’s Final Four being on cable; what can change the trajectory of men’s viewership; ABC’s terrible

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38:31

James Andrew Miller on ESPN

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/09

Episode 389 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN, Saturday Night Live, and HBO. In this podcast, Miller discusses ESPN’s Norby Williamson, who had his hand in almost all parts of ESPN’s content and business areas, from programming, production and news during his nearly four decades at ESPN, no longer be working at the company; what it means and why it happened; whether this is related to Pat McAfee’s comments on

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37:41

ESPN data strategist Flora Kelly

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch ·

2024/04/08

Episode 388 features ESPN Vice President of Brand Strategy and Content Research Flora Kelly. In this podcast, Kelly explains her role at ESPN and how that informs the company; how her research team works; the macro trends she is seeing in sports in 2024; why college sports is continuing to soar; the incredible numbers for women’s college basketball; how young fans process sports; the enduring power of the NFL; how ESPN looks at gambling data, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple

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