Jim Miller on ESPN-NFL Media deal, DTC and more

SI Media With Jimmy Traina

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Episode 550 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features an interview with author and journalist, Jim Miller.

Miller, who wrote the book on ESPN, shared his insight into numerous topics regarding the Worldwide Leader.

How will ESPN's expected deal to acquire NFL Media, which includes the NFL Network and the Red Zone channel, play out? What will ESPN's direct-to-consumer product look like and what will the monthly cost be? After opting out of its deal with Major League Baseball, could ESPN end up signing a new deal with the sport?

In addition, Miller also weighs in on ESPN's deal with Warner Brothers Discovery to air "Inside the NBA," how ESPN's partnership with Pat McAfee has gone and how ESPN views Stephen A. Smith's possible Presidential run.

Miller, who also wrote a book about "Saturday Night Live" also discusses the show's recent 50th anniversary episode and the "The SNL50: The Homecoming Concert."

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1:04.6	Welcome everyone to SI Media with Jimmy Traynor.
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1:14.6	We have an S-I-Media podcast regular who always, always gives us great information this week.
1:22.0	And that is James Andrew Miller, author, podcaster, reporter, journalist.
1:27.1	And anyone who listens to the podcast regularly knows, Jim Miller wrote books on Saturday Night Live, ESPN, and HBO almost reads.
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1:41.2	There are reports that ESPN is going to buy NFL media, which includes
1:45.2	the NFL network in Red Zone. ESPN will be launching a direct-to-consumer product by the fall,
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