Sports Illustrated celebrates its 70th anniversary
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Episode 421 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features an examination of Sports Illustrated at age 70. (The first issue of Sports Illustrated came out on Aug. 16, 1954.) The guests are Stephen Cannella, the current editor in chief of Sports Illustrated and longtime former Sports Illustrated senior writers Tim Layden and Scott Price. Layden now works for NBC Sports; Price is an author. In this podcast, the group discusses SI’s plans for its 70th anniversary; why SI became a cultural institution; the art of longform sports feature writing; the success of the Swimsuit Issue; whether a print sports publication can still find an audience in 2024; SI’s current operator; and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 1:08.9 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 1:10.7 | I'm your host Richard Deich. |
| 1:11.6 | My producer, Patrick Antonetti. |
| 1:13.3 | Two guests this week, but a topic that is very close to me. |
| 1:18.3 | The first issue of Sports Illustrated came out on August 16, 1954. |
| 1:25.9 | So now we have arrived at the 70th anniversary of Sports Illustrated, which you sort of, |
| 1:32.7 | if you step back for a second, is just remarkable, just given the length of the magazine, |
| 1:40.3 | the brand being part of the American sporting culture. We have two people who have been a major, major part of Sports Illustrated. |
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