Examining ESPN's future and present

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Episode 7 of the Sports Media podcast with Richard Deitsch features a conversation on ESPN’s present and future with Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand and a roundtable with Boston Globe media writer Chad Finn, and Robert Littal, the founder and editor of Black Sports Online. In this podcast, Ourand discusses Wall Street Journal reporter Shalini Ramachandran’s examination of ESPN’s current business, the tension between Disney Chairman Robert Iger and former ESPN president John Skipper; whether ESPN’s front-facing talent has been given too much leeway on issues of politics and social justice; how the piece examined Skipper’s regime; the concern ESPN execs have on political talk; where Ourand stands on the money spent for NBA rights; the declines of other networks in number of households; ESPN’s potential interest in hockey; whether debate is in decline and what Ourand thinks of the upcoming ESPN show, High Noon and a long discussion on ESPN re-hiring of Keith Olbermann. Finn and Littal discuss the NFL’s new national anthem policy, the differences between the NFL’s and NBA approach to the issue; ESPN’s acquisition of Fox’s UFC package; the deal Fox cut for WWE’s Smackdown; why media keeps doing LeBron vs. Jordan; how the NBA will deal when LeBron leaves the games; 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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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast with Richard Deich.
0:05.8	My producer, as always, is Lou Pellegrino.
0:08.4	Two sort of roundtables this week.
0:10.1	First up is Sports Business Daily media writer John O'Rand and myself,
0:13.5	and we discussed the Wall Street Journal examination of ESPN's current business,
0:18.4	as well as John's story that just broke as we were taping this, Keith Oberman, getting a big deal at ESPN's current business, as well as John's story that just broke as we were taping this, Keith
0:22.1	Oberman, getting a big deal at ESPN. And Chad Finn and Robert Lattel, Chad Finn at the Boston
0:29.0	Globe, Robert Lattel, the founder and editor of Black Sports Online. They are part of a second roundtable.
0:34.4	We take a deep dive in terms of the NFL's new national anthem policy
0:38.9	and how the media is going to cover that, how rights holders will cover that as the season
0:43.3	kicks off. The differences between the NFL and the NBA's approach this issue, as well as some talk
0:48.3	about Fox's acquisition of the WWE and ESPN's acquisition of UFC. So a lot of media talk in this one coming up.
0:56.0	I think you're going to enjoy it on the sports media podcast with Richard Deich.
0:59.7	All right.
1:00.1	First up, my guest is the Fine Sports Business Daily media writer John O'Rand.
1:04.8	He's been on this podcast before.
1:06.1	He's been on the previous podcast many, many, many times.
1:09.3	John, welcome back to the sports media podcast richard
1:13.1	where's your canadian accent you sound just the same i know john i'm off i this is by the way
1:17.8	just to let uh listeners know this is the fifth intro i've done i'm so off my game because as john
1:23.9	has left the same joke for all five you have yeah have, yeah, and it's, and I apologize to
1:28.0	Lou Pellegrino, my producers as well. I'm just, I'm so off today. It's ridiculous. So I'll try to get back on.
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