Episode 304 of the Sports Media Podcast features Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall. In this podcast, Sepinwall discusses his writing process; the importance of a series finale; how he puts together recaps for shows such as “Succession” and “Barry”; the value of seeing the show in advance; whether it is smart to predict what happens to characters when writing recaps; writing about “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men”; whether he wants to hear from the people he writes about; dealing with PR people; how he thinks about the Star Wars universe and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 303 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features The Ringer Editor At Large Bryan Curtis and Ben Strauss, sports media reporter for The Washington Post. In this podcast, we discuss The Pat McAfee Show move to ESPN will his show will air live weekdays on ESPN, the ESPN YouTube Channel, the ESPN App and ESPN+; why ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro brought McAfee to ESPN; how McAfee’s show might or might not change; morale at ESPN amid layoffs; why politics won’t be any issue for McAfee’s show but other things might be; whether McAfee will continue to use non-ESPN insiders, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 302 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Mark Shapiro, the President and COO of Endeavor, the Hollywood entertainment and sports giant. In this podcast, Shapiro discusses what makes someone a differentiator in sports media talent in 2023; why WWE was the right property for Endeavor; the domestic rights deals for WWE’s Raw and Smackdown programming coming up in 2024; how the WWE can expand within the Endeavor ecosystem; working with WWE CEO Nick Khan; how Mark sees the legacy companies heavily into sports streaming; Netflix becoming part of the sports ecosystem; the nexus of sports gambling and media; the strategies Apple, and Amazon have used in sports; why Adam Silver is in such an advantageous position with the upcoming NBA rights negotiation; the upcoming college football playoff negotiation; how ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro recalibrated ESPN’s relationship with the NFL; the explosive growth for women’s sports and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 301 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Sports Media Watch founder and editor Jon Lewis. In this podcast, Lewis and Deitsch discuss the NFL schedule release; a look at each network’s schedule; how we think it impacts viewership; potential mega-games; the Christmas, Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day games; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 300 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NBC Sports NFL writer and broadcaster Peter King. In this podcast, King discusses covering pro football for 39 years; the NFL schedule release; how the league puts the release together; Amazon Prime’s Black Friday game; flex scheduling; the Eagles as a prohibitive favorite and why Peter is so high on the Lions; Tom Brady as a Fox NFL analyst; California and New York’s attorneys general launching a joint investigatio into allegations of employment discrimination and a hostile work environment at the NFL; the NFL’s navigation of sports gambling and why a disaster may be looming; starting the MMQB at Sports Illustrated and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 299 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast Karp and Finn discusses the NBA’s best first round playoff viewership in nine years, averaging 3.4 million viewers over 43 game telecasts across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and NBA TV; the Warriors-Kings Game 7 drawing 9.8 million viewers for Game 7, the best first-round game since 1999 (24 years); best teams in the finals for viewership; the NHL’s average viewership of 914,000 viewers for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and TBS, up 19% from last year and what should we extrapolate from this; best matchups; on three months after the Super Bowl, Fox finding out that it set a viewership record; media layoffs; interest in the Kentucky Derby; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 298 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah. In this podcast, Jeremiah discusses covering the 2023 NFL Draft; how he prepares for his role on the NFL Network; correctly predicting prior to the Draft that the Texans would trade up for the No. 3 pick; what the upcoming post-Draft weeks are like for him; whether he would consider working again for a team; calling the Chargers as a radio broadcaster; hearing from NFL people during the Draft; finding a work-life balance; self-analysis of his work; getting peed on by a puppy at this year’s NFL Draft, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 297 of the Sports Media Podcast features NBC Sports senior writer Tim Layden and The Athletic senior writer Dana O’Neil. In this podcast, Layden and O’Neil discuss covering the Kentucky Derby; the differences in covering horse racing versus traditional sports; how the Derby Week precedes for them; their favorite Derby memories; Forte being a big favorite in the 2023 Derby; other horses to look for in the Derby; whether horse racing writers should bet on horse racing and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 296 of the Sports Media Podcast features CBS Sports NFL analyst Amy Trask and Washington Post staff writer Ben Strauss. In this podcast, Trask, the former CEO of the Raiders, discusses the growth of the NFL Draft; how she watches the NFL Draft today; how she thinks NFL front offices feel about the mock draft; teams giving out NFL Draft misinformation; the search for quarterbacks; Dan Snyder’s tenure; gambling suspensions in a league filled with gambling deals; Wrexham’s incredibly journey, and more. Strauss and Deitsch discusses the ESPN layoffs that were announced this week; why they are happening now; how this will impact high-salaried employees; longtime public relations staffer Mike Soltys announcing that he was part out of the layoffs and why that was a brutal decision; Ben’s piece on how cable changed sports and what happens when fans cut the cord; the local sports TV model; how consumers will be impacted; a potential price point for an all-inclusive direct-to-consumer product and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 295 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN national NHL reporter Ryan Clark and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Clark discusses the league’s biggest storylines for the postseason; how a national writer decides on what to cover for the postseason; how much the ESPN name carries weight in hockey; being based in Seattle; the teams that are press friendly; how the war in Ukraine has impacted the season; Pride Night; Stanley Cup predictions; and more. Karp discusses the second season of the media rights deal the NHL has with Warner Bros. Discovery and ABC and ESPN; ABC/ESPN averaging 583,000 viewers for its regular season; how that number jumps when you exclude NHL vs. NFL windows; ABC’s NHL viewership; TNT averaging 364,000 viewers for its regular season games; what the numbers mean in context; the best Final matchup based on viewership, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices