Feb
24
Sports Media Weekly Podcast #24- Dave Sims, Westwood One
February 24, 2010 | Comments Off
Thanks for checking into the latest edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. During our news segment Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I once again talk about how NBC is handing its coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. On the table is how the ratings and the programming choices by NBC may impact [...]
Feb
23
Boone to Join ESPN
February 23, 2010 | Comments Off
12 year Major League veteran Aaron Boone is retiring from baseball and will become an analyst at ESPN. The WWL says Boone will serve as an analyst on Baseball Tonight and also see spot duty as a commentator on game telecasts. From ESPN PR: “It is with a sense of pride, sadness, and enthusiasm that [...]
Feb
19
Sports Media Once Again Play the Entitlement Card
February 19, 2010 | Comments Off
The latest in the Tiger Woods saga will play out this morning at the TPC at Sawgrass where Woods will make his first public statement since his private life became the focus of all things media following his minor traffic accident the day after Thanksgiving. News will be made today as Woods is expected to [...]
Feb
19
Journalism’s Fading Future: A Lost Generation?
February 19, 2010 | Comments Off
It’s not uncommon these days to hear public discussion of the future of journalism. Whether its a way to monetize online content already available or stream daily headlines to the millions of prospective tablet owners, journalism, as it so often does, has money on the brain. But behind the scenes, off the front pages, there’s [...]
Feb
17
Sports Media Weekly Podcast #23
February 17, 2010 | Comments Off
We have an abbreviated edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast for this week. It’s just Ken Fang from Fangs Bites and I as we discuss the early coverage by NBC of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Both Ken and I are disappointed that NBC is not showing more marquis events live. Instead they are [...]


