Boston Globe writer Chad Finn on viewership predictions for Celtics-Warriors, and Wall Street Journal reporter Louise Radnofsky, on testing positive for COVID at the Beijing Olympics

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Episode 211 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Chad Finn, the sports media writer and general columnist for The Boston Globe. He is followed by Louise Radnofsky, a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Her piece, “Testing Positive in Zero-Covid China” was about being isolated under aggressive policies in China during the Olympics. In this podcast, Finn and Deitsch discuss how we see the popularity of a Celtics-Warriors NBA Finals; what historical viewership trends mean for this series; cultural wars and the NBA; whether ESPN has found the right fit for its NBA studio programming; Greg Olsen officially being named as Fox’s No. 1 NFL analyst; NESN’s new direct-to-consumer product for the Red Sox and Bruins and more. Radnofsky discussed her piece on testing positive 19 hours after arriving in Beijing on Feb. 4 to cover figure skating at the 2022 Olympic Games; being part of Chinese policies that call for centralized isolation; how she and the Journal navigated her testing positive; her reporting on Britney Griner being held in Russia; the public campaign to advocate for Griner; the challenge of reporting on Griner’s situation; the future of USA Gymnastics; the earnings potential of college gymnasts 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

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Ditch and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.4	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.3	Two guests this week.
0:13.5	We are doing sports media on this one.
0:16.1	Chad Finn, the fine sports media writer in general commerce for the Boston Globe.
0:19.8	He is my first guest and we get
0:22.5	into a lot of NBA stuff disgusting NBA finals between the Celtics and warriors on a media
0:28.7	kind of outlook what we think of viewership what it might compare to previous NBA finals viewership talk
0:36.8	about like the importance obviously of
0:38.5	the series going long, which would really boost the numbers, obviously out of home is going to be
0:45.1	a factor as well. So we have a, we do some time on the Celtics Warriors, which we both think
0:50.8	is a really, really interesting series. Talk about ESPN's studio and game program, particularly in relation to Turner's and where ESPN sits right now.
0:59.4	Do a little bit on Greg Olson. Finally, officially being named as Fox number one NFL analyst.
1:05.7	And then we get into Nesson, which is giving Red Sox and Bruins games direct to consumer now.
1:13.0	You can literally purchase the games direct consumer, not having to get a cable bundle.
1:21.5	That's an interesting experiment here by Nesson and will probably be a template for others around the country doing that.
1:29.1	And we get into the price point and how that will work and whether it's smart for consumers.
1:33.7	So Chad from the start, he's followed by Luis Radnovsky, a sports reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
1:39.0	She had a really excellent piece, testing positive in zero COVID China.
1:43.1	And that was about her being isolated under the aggressive COVID policies in China during the Olympics.
1:48.0	She tested positive 19 hours after arriving in Beijing.
1:52.1	She was assigned to cover figure skating at those Olympic games and then ended up doing it from her room, which is obviously very tricky.
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