25 for 25: Jimmy Pitaro on ESPN's NFL and WWE Deals, Pat McAfee, and the State of the Company in 2025

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan heads to the ESPN HQ in Bristol, Connecticut, to sit down with ESPN's chairman, Jimmy Pitaro. They discuss the highly anticipated launch of ESPN's direct-to-consumer app, the massive deals ESPN made with the NFL and WWE, hiring talent vs. developing talent, preparing for ESPN's first Super Bowl, the state of ESPN in 2025, and more. Host: Bryan CurtisGuest: Jimmy PitaroProducer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone.
0:01.0	Danny Haifitz here from The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. We're coming to you multiple times per week to tell you who to draft, who not to draft. Honestly, that's kind of most of it. The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. YouTube, Spotify, wherever get your podcast, The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. Hey, let's talk about your expense report. I didn't submit an expense report. You will. Customs saddles and dog training services are not within policy. What are you talking about?
0:01.2	SAP can curse. your expense report. I didn't submit an expense report. You will. Custom saddles and dog training
0:21.2	services are not within policy. What are you talking about? SAP Concur uses advanced
0:25.8	AI to audit and automatically detect out of policy expenses. It's the breakthrough I needed
0:30.6	to focus more on our future. These are my future expenses? Yes, and self-defense classes are out
0:36.1	of policy. All need self-defense classes?
0:38.0	You will.
0:38.8	For what?
0:39.3	It's a big dog.
0:40.5	SAP Concur helps your business move forward faster.
0:43.5	Learn more at concur.com.
0:48.9	Hello media consumers.
0:55.4	Welcome to Pressbox.
0:56.9	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here, along with producer Kyle Crichton.
1:01.0	I promised you a very special,
1:03.6	We Don't Talk About It Till It's Done, interview podcast.
1:07.0	And here it is, with ESPN chairman Jimmy Petaro.
1:12.5	On Monday, I went to Pataro's office at ESPN headquarters in Bristol.
1:16.5	I sat with him in front of a big painting of NBA players, and I asked him about everything.
1:22.7	The new ESPN Directed Consumer app, the huge deal his company just made with the NFL, the other huge deal his company made with the WWE, what ESPN is in 2025, Pat McAfee, and much more.
1:37.3	Here he is, the man with an app. Here's Jimmy Patero.
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