John Ourand of the Sports Business Daily and The Athletic’s Katie Strang

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Episode 101 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a conversation with two guests. First up is Sports Business Daily media writer John Ourand. He is followed by The Athletic senior NHL writer and investigative reporter Katie Strang. In this podcast, Ourand discusses the potential for the most crowded pro sports schedule in history and what that means for networks that air games; whether networks or leagues will work with each other to change schedules; how network officials are approaching college football; whether the era of remote broadcasts is here for good; John’s reporting on future Turner Sports exhibitions with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson; whether any sport such as NASCAR will get sustained growth off the increasing viewership during the pandemic; how sports outlets will approach social media during the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, and more. Strang discusses the NHL’s return to play plan; what she expects regarding media access; whether she would work inside an NHL hub city or bubble; how the pandemic might impact long-term media coverage; her reporting on alleged sexual abuse in junior hockey and how the bodies that monitor youth hockey have handed allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse, 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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0:42.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:44.8	My producers are Patrick Antonetti and Sean Cherry.
0:46.5	Two guests this week.
0:51.2	First up, a frequent guest, that's Sports Business Daily media writer, John O'Rant. It's been on the podcast many times and we sort of have a catch-up media
0:56.0	session on some of the bigger topics going on, including just how crowded a schedule
1:02.4	things are going to be if these big leagues can come back and what that means for all the different
1:08.4	networks in terms of juggling and scheduling and advertising.
1:12.5	It's going to be a really interesting time in the sports media.
1:15.1	John and I go into college football and what his reporting tells him about the prospect of college football
1:21.4	and whether it will be played this year and where it will be played this year in regards to the media and the networks.
1:26.9	Also get into the Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson exhibition match, which was incredibly successful
1:32.2	to return of sports and what that means heading forward with those two, as well as some NASCAR talk
1:37.9	and NASCAR success and whether it can ultimately provide more viewers for NASCAR heading forward.
1:45.6	Katie Strang follows up John O'Rand.
1:48.5	She is my colleague at the Athletic.
1:50.3	She's a senior NHL writer as well as one of our investigative reporters.
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