Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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Bonus Podcast: The Toronto Blue Jays F-ing Did It! Oct 21, 2025

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In this podcast, longtime Canadian sports broadcasters Donnovan Bennett and Arash Madani join the Sports Media podcast following Toronto's Game 7 win over the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series. In this podcast we discuss the remarkable season the Blue Jays have had; how Game 7 was won; where George Springer's seventh-inning home run ranks in franchise history; John Schneider's managerial decisions; how the pitching staff sets up for the Dodgers series; whether we would role the dice and start Trey Yesavage in Game One; how would we use Bo Bichette in the World Series; our predictions and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Here comes ESPN, Prime Video, NBC (and Michael Jordan) into your NBA homes Oct 20, 2025

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Episode 555 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch, and Chad Finn, the sports media writer for the Boston Globe. In this podcast we discuss the NBA's new media rights partners -- NBC, Prime Video, and ESPN; the big coverage things we will be watching for this week as the NBA debuts; our initial thoughts and hopes for NBC, Prime Video and ESPN's NBA coverage; what we think Inside The NBA will look and sound like on ESPN; why we are very high on NBC and Prime Video producing good broadcasts; ESPN's shift to Tim Legler being on the Finals broadcasts; our expectations for Michael Jordan's role with NBC; Bruce Pearl, Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn and Chris Webber being part of TNT Sports' college basketball coverage; F-1 moving from ESPN to Apple; the MLB postseason and potential World Series viewership, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? Oct 17, 2025

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Episode 554 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jean-François Poisson and Marie-Christine Pouliot, the director and executive producer of "Who Killed the Montreal Expos?," a sports documentary debuting on Netflix on Oct. 21. As the title says, the 90-minute doc examines how the Montreal Expos ultimately departed Montreal. In this podcast Poisson and Pouliot discuss why they wanted to make a film about the Expos leaving Montreal; why the Expos still resonate in 2025; why the story has many villains; making a consciousness decision to do a very Quebec-centric film; procuring Pedro Martinez, Larry Walker and other Expos greats for the films; the impact of the 1994 strike on the Expos; how Expos fans feel about the Blue Jays and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Julia Alexander of Puck might be the best media analyst working today Oct 16, 2025

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Episode 553 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Julia Alexander, a media correspondent for Puck and the founder and author of Posting Nexus, a subscriber-based pub which you can find on Substack. She is the former VP of Strategy at Parrot Analytics, where she advised clients on the tectonic shifts in tech, media, and telecom. In this podcast, Alexander discusses why she is so bullish on YouTube's future in sports; where live sports are going over the next five years; the short-term future of sports on broadcast programming and cable; EA Sports, given its 265 million users, as a future live distributor of sports; Netflix's global sports ambitions; how Prime Video has successful approached sports; burnout in the creator economy; TikTok, Threads, Twitter and the splintering of sports and social media; the NBA's Prime Video bet; whether you can beat the algorithms designed to only take from you, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

First Look: Where are sports fans going today for social media? Oct 15, 2025

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Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Julia Alexander, the media correspondent for Puck and one of the foremost experts on media in the U.S. The full interview will be available on Thursday. In this clip, Alexander discusses how social media has splintered for sports discussion and how the idea of one social media site being the centralized place for sports is akin to Walter Cronkite returning as the solo voice of news. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Bonus Podcast: Why the Blue Jays are the biggest story in Canada right now Oct 10, 2025

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In this podcast, longtime Canadian sports broadcaster Donnovan Bennett joins the Sports Media podcast following their four-game win over the Yankees in the ALDS. In this podcast we discuss why the team has captured the attention of Canada beyond sports fans; Vladmir Guerrero Jr. trolling the Yankees; broadcasters who admit their fandom; what the Toronto roster should be for the ALCS; Chris Bassitt vs. Max Scherzer, and more.You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

Emergency Podcast: Can the Toronto Blue Jays conquer America? Oct 07, 2025

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In this podcast, longtime Canadian sports broadcasters Donnovan Bennett and Arash Madani join the Sports Media podcast to discuss the Blue Jays leading the Yankees 2-0 in the ALDS; the incredible performance by pitcher Trey Yesavage; Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s breakout postseason moment; the future of Bo Bichette; predictions and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

How Amazon Prime Video thinks about sports Oct 07, 2025

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Episode 552 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jared Stacy, the Vice President of Global Live Sports Production for Prime Video. Prime Video’s properties include the NFL, NASCAR, NBA and WNBA, and NWSL, among others. In this podcast, Stacy explains his role at Prime Video and what he looks at when he his hiring on-air talent; Prime Video's plans for its NBA coverage; inside the hirings of Blake Griffin, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki; setting Prime Video up for great play-by-play announcers with Ian Eagle, Kevin Harlan, Michael Grady, and Eric Collins; Amazon's WNBA games in 2026; acquiring media rights for The Masters; whether Al Michaels will be back next year on Thursday Night Football; working in the production truck with Vin Scully’s during Scully's final season broadcasting; how Prime Video is using A.I. on its broadcasts and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

First Look: How Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash ended up at Prime Video Oct 06, 2025

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Here’s a short clip from our upcoming interview with Jared Stacy, the Vice President of Global Live Sports Production for Prime Video. The full interview will be available on Tuesday. In this clip, Stacy discusses how Hall of Fame basketball players Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash ended up becoming part of Amazon's upcoming NBA coverage. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

The ESPN of Western sports Oct 03, 2025

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Episode 551 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Deirdre Lester, the CEO of Teton Ridge, a leading Western sports and entertainment brands. Teton Ridge owns The Cowboy Channel, a national 24 hour broadcast and digital outlet that airs over 600 annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) sanctioned rodeos worldwide among other programming. In this podcast Lester defines the Western sports landscape and why she sees such potential there; how you expand rodeo to more people; The American Rodeo competition, which concludes at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas and airs on Fox; what the Cowboy Channel is and where you can see it; her previous jobs working for MLB Advance Media, ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, and Barstool, among other places; how AI playing is shaping Western sports and entertainment, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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