Roundtable with Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Episode 299 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features The Boston Globe sports media writer Chad Finn and Sports Business Journal assistant managing editor/digital Austin Karp. In this podcast Karp and Finn discusses the NBA’s best first round playoff viewership in nine years, averaging 3.4 million viewers over 43 game telecasts across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and NBA TV; the Warriors-Kings Game 7 drawing 9.8 million viewers for Game 7, the best first-round game since 1999 (24 years); best teams in the finals for viewership; the NHL’s average viewership of 914,000 viewers for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and TBS, up 19% from last year and what should we extrapolate from this; best matchups; on three months after the Super Bowl, Fox finding out that it set a viewership record; media layoffs; interest in the Kentucky Derby; 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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0:00.0	This Sunday, the race for Premier League glory continues as Manchester City take on Liverpool at the Etihad.
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1:07.5	Hey, everybody.
1:08.3	This is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
1:10.5	My producer is Patrick Antonetti. Two guests this week. They are regulars.
1:15.3	Austin Karp is the managing editor slash digital sports business journal. Chad Finn is the fine sports media writer for the Boston Globe. No big introductions. We'll just get right into it. Welcome. Chad, welcome Austin.
1:30.3	Thanks, Rich. Thanks for having me back. All right, awesome. We're going to go, of Austin, of course, front and center carp. That's what I call you on this podcast. We're going to start with you, Austin. And then Chad, please respond after Austin gives us some stats. All right, so I'm stealing absolutely from you, Austin.
1:47.4	The NBA's first round playoff viewership, 3.4 million across ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, TNT, and NBA TV.
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