CAA Sports Media agent Matt Olson, who represents Laura Rutledge, Dan Orlovsky, Elle Duncan and Pablo Torre, among many other sports media people
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Episode 582 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Matt Olson, a Sports Media Agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Olson represents Laura Rutledge, Elle Duncan, Dan Orlovsky, Pablo Torre, Jon Sciambi, Cassidy Hubbarth, Diana Russini, Bruce Feldman,and Adnan Virk among other clients. In this podcast, Olson discusses what he does for clients; how he creates relationships among the people who make hires; how an agent navigates different clients; what happens when client is competing against another for the same job; how he decides if he will take on a client; the best mediums for clients right now; podcasters and influencers versus traditional on-air talent; the range of salaries in the space right now; what he makes of talent leaks; how he sees Rutledge's career arc; the differences of negotiating at a place such as The Athletic versus Fox or ESPN; Tim Legler getting the No. 1 NBA job at ESPN; Virk's career arc; Elle Duncan landing at Netflix; Pat McAfee's career arc; whether Torre's setup can be duplicated, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.
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| 0:52.5 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host Richard Dychet. My producer is Molly Nugent, filling in on this episode for Patrick Antonetti. This is going to be an interesting conversation because when I've done podcasts, people seem to be really interested in the behind-the-scenes stuff with the business. And the person I'm going to interview today has a very, very significant role in that world. |
| 1:14.2 | Matt Olson is a sports media agent at Creative Artist Agency. |
| 1:18.7 | It's obviously one of the leading entertainment and sports agencies in the United States. |
| 1:22.8 | He is based in New York. |
| 1:24.4 | Among his clients, Laura Rutledge of ESPN, L. now of Netflix, Dan Arlofsky of ESPN, |
| 1:32.2 | Pablo Tori, the independent podcast, are now connected to the athletic. |
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