ESPN national MLB reporter Marly Rivera, Jim Miller on Adrian Wojnarowski’s suspension and talent agent Steve Herz on the sports media landscape

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Episode 107 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features three guests. First up is ESPN national MLB writer Marly Rivera. Next is James Andrew Miller, the best-selling author of books on CAA, ESPN and Saturday Night Live the host of the “Origins” podcast. His latest project is a deep dive into the Cameron Crowe classic coming-of-age-film, “Almost Famous.” He is followed by agent Steve Herz, the president of The Montag Group and the author of a new book, “Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Using Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results.” Rivera discusses her piece on Black MLB players past and present on what needs to change; how a piece like that gets put together at ESPN; covering MLB amid COVID-19, the recent New York Times piece featuring ESPN employees criticizing the career pipeline and diversity of top leadership, and more. Miller discusses Wojnarowski’s suspension by ESPN for tweeting “f--- you”to a U.S. Senator; leaks at ESPN; whether this was selective discipline by ESPN; what this means for President Jimmy Pitaro heading forward in terms of discipline and much more. Herz discusses his new book and why he wrote it; the importance of Authority, Warmth and Energy; how COVID-19 has impacted the talent market right now and how it might 18 months down the road; how he advises clients on the intersection of politics and race and social media; what he would say to a young person who wants to enter the business and much 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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0:28.7	hey everybody this is richard de, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:41.7	My producers are Patrick Antonetti and Sean Cherry.
0:44.7	Today, three guests, three excellent guests, three really good conversations.
0:48.7	I think you're going to enjoy this.
0:49.9	First up is Marley Rivera, who is a national baseball writer for ESPN with a focus on the Yankees.
0:58.8	Just in absolutely, I've known Marley for a long time and a really, really just interesting figure in baseball.
1:07.1	Bilingual does remarkable work both with the Yankees as well as stories on Latin players.
1:16.2	The reason she came on is she wrote a really interesting piece where she interviewed multiple African-American players from today and yesterday about their experiences when it came to racism
1:30.1	and baseball. It's very eye-opening. And again, it's on ESPN.com. So she discusses her reporting there,
1:35.8	as well as covering baseball amid COVID-19. Marley Rivera is followed by James Andrew Miller,
1:41.3	back-to-back guests for Mr. Miller, and we get into the Adrian
1:46.2	Wojernowski suspension. So that's Miller coming back on just to discuss that. I think you'll find
1:51.2	that really, really interesting. We go back and forth on ESPN's our historical, selective
1:57.9	discipline, and was this inappropriate punishment punishment and I think you'll find that
2:02.2	interesting. Last up is Steve Hers, who is the president of the Montague group, which is one of the
2:07.6	big talent agencies when it comes to sports television. He's the author of a new book, Don't Take Yes
2:12.4	for an Answer, using authority, warmth, and energy to get exceptional results. Talk about Steve's book, particularly in relation to the sports media.
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