Monthly Archives: May 2010
Sports Media Weekly Podcast #35- Paulsen, Sports Media Watch
We’re back with another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.
This week Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and I are joined for the entire show by Paulsen of Sports Media Watch.
On this week’s show we talk about what it will mean for the media to have Super Bowl XLVII held in New York. Specifically we look at how fortuitous it may be for Fox to be the network slated to telecast that game.
Other topics on the agenda…critiques on the work done thus far by ESPN and TNT in covering the NBA conference finals…we look at how ESPN is pulling out all the stops in preparation for next month’s World Cup…and the three of us speculate on the future for Erin Andrews, whose contract with ESPN is up in the near future.
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Sports Media Weekly Podcast #34- Rob King, ESPN.com
After a welcomed week off on vacation we are back with another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.
Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I talk about the growing ratings for Versus during this year’s NHL Playoffs, rumblings that Fox may move some of its Saturday MLB games to prime time, ESPN’s new 12-year deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference, and what ESPN has in the pipeline as unveiled to advertisers and the media this week in New York.
Speaking of ESPN, our guest this week is Rob King, Vice President and Editor-in Chief of ESPN Digital Media. We talk to Rob about the evolution of ESPN online, specifically it’s expansion to the local media markets in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. We also ask Rob about whether Bill Simmons will be staying with ESPN.com and the controversy last year over the WWL’s Twitter and social media policy.
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Sports Media Weekly Podcast On Hiatus
We have decided to take a break from the Sports Media Weekly Podcast for this week.
We ask that you check out some of our previous editions to get you through the week.
Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and I will be back next week.
Sports Media Weekly Podcast #33- Leon Schweir, Versus
We are back with another edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast.
Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites joins me as we discuss the impressive ratings for NBC’s coverage of the Kentucky Derby, the passing of Tigers broadcast legend Ernie Harwell, Ken’s experience at the Boston Blogapalooza, and the growing ratings for the NHL and NBA Playoffs.
Speaking of the NHL Playoffs, our guest this week is Leon Schweir, Senior Vice President of Production and Executive Producer at Versus. We talk with Leon about how the network has seen an increase in viewers for their NHL product, his background in sports television, his opinion of play-by-play voice Mike Emrick, and plans for some of Versus’ other sports properties for 2010.
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