Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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They produce the NFL Draft: ESPN's Seth Markman and Charlie Yook of NFL Network Apr 24, 2024

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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 great; Detroit as a character in the broadcast; no longer seeing each other as competitors; Bill Belichik and Nick Saban appearing on ESPN platforms; the idea of a four-day Draft or the first rundown being split up over two nights, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

Did Ben Johnson get screwed at the 1988 Summer Olympics? Apr 23, 2024

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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 process in Seoul; how to market a book about an event that happened 36 years ago; what Ben Johnson is doing today; Johnson working with Diego Maradona in the early 1990s; Ormsby playing college volleyball at Ohio State in the early 1980s and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

How do you promote a book about D3 basketball? The guest is Chicago sports talk host Danny Parkins Apr 22, 2024

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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 of local sports-talk radio in a city such as Chicago; competing against national sports radio shows; how Chicago is different from other passionate sports markets and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

Andrew Marchand of The Athletic Apr 16, 2024

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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 baseball on Peacock; whether the Olympics in Paris can be a viewership hit; the paradox of being on X as a sports media person; and more. John Ourand at Puck, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

Mini-pod: The NCAA Tournament viewership numbers and the Caitlin Clark Effect Apr 11, 2024

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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 programming decisions and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and more.

James Andrew Miller on ESPN Apr 09, 2024

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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 Williamson; long-term changes for ESPN’s business, Jimmy Pitaro’s shot at running Disney, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and more.

ESPN data strategist Flora Kelly Apr 08, 2024

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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 Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

The Athletic’s Chantel Jennings and Zena Keita on the Women’s Final Four Apr 05, 2024

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Episode 387 of the Sports Media Podcast features The Athletic senior writer Chantel Jennings and Zena Keita, the host of The Athletic’s Women's Basketball Show and a reporter and analyst for NBC Sports Bay Area. In this podcast, the guests discuss Iowa’s win over LSU averaging 12.3 million viewers and peaking at 16 million viewers; what that number means for women's basketball; UConn’s win over USC drawing 6.7 million viewers; what it was like for Chantel to be onsite in Albany for Iowa-LSU; how Zena processed the games watching from her home; a semifinal breakdown of South Carolina-NC State and UConn-Iowa; how South Carolina has been somewhat overlooked; the future of women's basketball coverage heading forward and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.

Mini-pod: NCAA Tournament viewership and the Caitlin Clark Effect Apr 04, 2024

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This episode of the Sports Media Podcast features Austin Karp, managing editor/digital for Sports Business Journal, and Jon Lewis, the founder and editor of Sports Media Watch. In this podcast we discuss viewership for the men’s and women’s tournament; the incredible numbers put up by Iowa-LSU and UConn-USC; what Caitlin Clark means 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; the UFL viewership, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and more.

A Conversation With Media Columnist Richard Deitsch | 'The TK Show' Apr 03, 2024

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From 'The TK Show' (subscribe here): Tim Kawakami and The Athletic's Richard Deitsch review what could've been the greatest night in women's college basketball history, where this sport goes from here and where the media coverage of LSU coach Kim Mulkey and her team has failed. Also, what the future looks like for NFL and NBA broadcasting.

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