Welcome to the teaser episode — call it Episode 0 – of Sports Media with Richard Deitsch. In this 20-minute mini-episode, Sports Business Daily media reporter John Ourand and Boston Globe media writer Chad Finn discuss ESPN’s immediate challenges under new president Jimmy Pitaro; the fractured relationship between ESPN and the NFL; how ESPN will report on the NFL in the future; the plans for Monday Night Football booth; whether the Sports Illustrated Media podcast is a competitor to this podcast; and information on how to subscribe. Weekly episodes of the show will launch the week of April 9.
 
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The Sports Media podcast with Richard Deitsch returns!

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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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.
 
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Andrew Marchand of The Athletic

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.
 
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Mini-pod: The NCAA Tournament viewership numbers and the Caitlin Clark Effect

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.
 
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James Andrew Miller on ESPN

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.
 
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ESPN data strategist Flora Kelly

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.
 
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The Sports Media podcast with Richard Deitsch returns!

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