The Athletic-New York Times Marriage, Nikki Finke, and Late Night in Peril

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and David break down the merger between The Athletic and The New York Times. They discuss the policies and standards enforced for both outlets, the evolution of the sports section at the Times, and the importance of finding identity (6:26). Later, they say goodbye to reporter Nikki Finke (34:06) before switching gears and diving into the transition of the late-night show from cable, with figures such as James Corden and Trevor Noah leaving their respective shows (48:16). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The time has come to get ready for the 2022 World Cup.
0:05.5	And what better way to prepare than by revisiting the World Cup's most amazing goals.
0:12.5	I'm Brian Phillips. I'm making a podcast about the history of the men's World Cup.
0:18.0	Told through the stories of 22 iconic goals.
0:22.0	The show's called 22 Goals. It's out now on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:26.5	And we're having so much fun.
0:32.5	David!
0:34.5	Yes.
0:36.5	We here at the press box are very interested in network sports theme music.
0:43.5	And I've got a very important update from ESPN which has decided to change its NBA theme song
0:52.5	for the upcoming season.
0:55.5	I feel really terrible for asking this.
0:59.5	But was it the John Teshtheam prior to this or were there several songs in between?
1:05.5	First of all, the Ringer HR department just sent you a note.
1:09.5	You haven't been watching enough basketball.
1:12.5	I watch a lot of basketball. I watch a lot of basketball with the volume turned down.
1:15.5	That's just sort of the deal that you make.
1:17.5	The deal that I've signed as a parent is that things can happen in the background.
1:23.5	But I can't fully give myself over to them.
1:25.5	So I don't have the previous theme song queued up but it's the one that goes
1:29.5	da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
1:33.5	Oh, right. Of course, yeah. Yeah. I know that song.
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