Saturday Journal- October 31, 2009

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Happy Saturday! No tricks…just some sports media news stories making their way across the country today… Masosn Levinson at Bloomberg has the story on good Game 2 World Series ratings for Fox… Stephen Wilson at the Associated Press says IOC President Jacques Rogue will not begin negotiations on the US TV rights for the 2012 [...]

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Morning Journal- October 30, 2009

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It’s the end of another work week. Here we go with some sports media news items… Michael Hiestand at USA Today says there may still be a professional future for former ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips… David Barron at the Houston Chronicle looks at the impressive World Series Game One ratings for Fox… Ed Sherman [...]

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Late Day Journal- October 29, 2009

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Here are a few late day sports media news notes since our morning edition… Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites has the Fox Sports release on the World Series Game One ratings numbers… Maury Brown at the Biz of Baseball has the Game One ratings story… Jason Hibberd at the Live Feed also reports on the [...]

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Morning Journal- October 29, 2009

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Welcome to Thursday. Here are some sports media news stories that are making their way around the country… Anthony DiComo at MLB.com has the story of how Suzyn Waldman has become the first woman to broadcast a World Series game… Bob Raissman at the NY Daily News has a similar story on Waldman’s achievement… Phil [...]

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Sports Media Weekly Podcast #7- Jim Williams, Examiner Sports

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and I touch on a number of topics, first and foremost of which is the Steve Phillips affair and the backlash faced by Deadspin off its reaction in dealing with the PR people at ESPN. Joining us in the [...]