Episode 310 of the Sports Media Podcast features a roundtable discussion with Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis; and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, we discuss the Heat and Nuggets series matching the average audience from last year’s Celtics-Warriors series; the upcoming media rights for the NBA; the top-down view of PGA Tour agreeing to partner with Saudi-backed LIV Golf; any viewer backlash; Leo Messi to Miami and what that means for MLS/Apple; Stanley Cup Final viewership; the first time the Stanley Cup Final has aired entirely on cable since being on ESPN in 1994; Chris Licht getting removed by CNN; MLB viewership for the first third of the season, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and more.
 
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The NBA Finals viewership and Leo Messi to MLS: A roundtable with Sports Media Watch founder Jon Lewis; and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal

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. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.

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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.
 
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Richard Deitsch Weighs In on the State of Baseball Play-by-Play | 'The PBP: Voices of Baseball'

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; whether the WNBA should stay connected with the NBA as far as media rights negotiations and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
 
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CNBC’s Alex Sherman on NBA media rights

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 ecosystem in Canada is for it; whether the Raptors will be involved in any structural way; what the next two years should look like for the franchise; how WNBA players would feel about playing in another country; the 2027 WNBA Draft and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
 
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Can the WNBA succeed in Canada?

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 agent; the value of having an agent at Buck’s level; whether he could have done is ESPN deal without representation.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
 
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Joe Buck

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 NASCAR views this regarding publicity; NASCAR’s new media rights deal, beginning with the 2025 season; new partners Amazon Prime and Warner Bros. Discovery; NASCAR’s first foray into streaming; the CW’s exclusive rights to 33 Xfinity races; the Miami Grand Prix setting a new Formula One viewership record for its live U.S. TV audience; will NASCAR race outside of the U.S. and more.
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The NBA Finals viewership and Leo Messi to MLS: A roundtable with Sports Media Watch founder Jon Lewis; and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal

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