On this week's pod, host and SBJ media reporter Austin Karp breaks down the viewership around the conference championships and college football’s regular season. Then, fresh off hosting duties for the FIFA World Cup Draw and Big Ten title game, Fox Sports’ Rob Stone joins the show. Finally, in Karp’s Corner, a look at the World Cup Draw audience, reviews of a couple of NFL alt-casts and media’s impact on the SBJ Influence 125 list. 

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On this week's pod, host and SBJ media reporter Austin Karp discusses the NFL setting new regular-season TV records. Then, SBJ's Josh Carpenter joins Karp to look at Netflix making a bold move with Elle Duncan, MLS getting its Messi moment and the college conference championship games that you need to pay attention to. Plus, Neema Ghazi of Joe Hand Promotions dishes on where business is at for his company. 

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by LionTree Managing Director Alex Michael for a deep dive into investment opportunities in youth sports, as well as trends in sports tech and international growth.  Karp also reflects on the YouTubeTV-Disney carriage deal and Nielsen’s big data impact on sports as part of what he is most thankful for this year. Finally,  a look into the future of TNT Sports and consolidation in sports media. 

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by Prime Video’s head of sports content Charlie Nieman, who dishes on the start to the company’s NBA deal, another strong year for “TNF” and a big Black Friday coming. Plus, Karp gets what MLB’s media rights will look like from 2026-28, the details on the carriage deal that brought ESPN and YouTube TV back together, the enthusiasm of NBC Sports’ John Fanta and what might become of the NFL international game package.

1:08 MLB's Media deal

4:45 YOUTUBE TV and Disney deal update

7:50 Charlie Neiman Interview

16:14 Karp's Corner

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by Tim Pernetti, commissioner of the American Conference, as they dig into the latest with college football. Plus, Karp gets into whether anything is close with the YouTube TV-ESPN standoff, the end of the ESPN Bet experiment and Unrivaled adding another night of action.

1:27 Disney vs YouTube TV

5:42 Tim Pernetti Interview

26:00 Karp's Corner

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by Bjorn Werner, a former Colts defensive end (now a popular football podcaster in his native Germany) ahead of the team’s home game in Berlin. Also, longtime consultant Doug Perlman of Sports Media Advisors joins the pod to talk about the biggest things going on at his shop. Plus, Karp breaks down the latest around the YouTube TV-ESPN battle, MLB’s big sendoff with World Series numbers and NASCAR’s audience drop in Year 1 of a new media deal.

1:00 YouTube TV & Disney Dispute

4:14 MLB Recap

5:59 Bjorn Werner Interview

21:37 Doug Perlman Interview

28:00 Karp's Corner

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This week on the SBJ Sports Media Podcast SBJ golf and sports media reporter Josh Carpenter, is joined by SBJ soccer writer Alex Silverman for a deep dive into MLS viewership on Apple and what it could mean for the future of the media rights partnership. Also, SBJ media reporter Austin Karp has a conversation with former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg. The two discuss the future of the in-season version of Hard Knocks, the creation of HBO Real Sports as well as the impact of HBO’s partnership with boxing. All that and more on this week’s SBJ Sports Media podcast. 

1:04 MLS VIEWERSHIP SURGE

7:05 MLS IN PERSON ATTENDANCE DOWN

9:31 ROSS GREENBURG INTERVIEW

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand and Puck’s John Ourand. The trio take a deep dive into NBC’s return to the NBA mix,  how F1 fits into the Apple grid, who’s up and who’s down in sports media and more.  

1:00 Podcast Reunion

2:01 Who's Up Who's Down

18:45 NBA This Season

22:24 Rank the Four Players in Sports ( NBC Sports, Amazon Prime, ESPN, TNT)

25:50 The Future of WBD

30:25 YouTube TV deal with Disney

31:19 World Series TV Ratings Predictions

33:13 Last Sports Documentary watched

39:08 Karp's Corner

40:06 Who Won the Weekend

41:01 Bloopers

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp brings in Dick Vitale to talk about his new namesake hoops event and how he sees all the changes to college basketball. Plus, SiriusXM and SmartLess Media have a new show, “We Need a Fourth,” and co-hosts Brian Baumgartner, Cooper Manning and Kenny Mayne come on the pod with their unique approach to talking about golf. And with numbers in for the first two rounds, MLB viewership has skyrocketed, but can it continue that success with some smaller markets in the LCS.

1:21 This Week in Sport's Media

5:49 Dick Vitale Interview

16:38 Ask Austin

18:30 We Need a Fourth Intervew

35:40 Karp's Corner

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