The challenges of starting an NFL podcast in 2024: The guest is Dianna Russini of The Athletic
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Episode 412 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Diana Russini, a senior NFL insider for The Athletic and the co-host, along with former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel, of “Scoop City,” a new twice-weekly podcast on the NFL. In this podcast, Russini discusses the development process of starting a new NFL podcast; the challenges of entering a very crowded podcast space featuring not just NFL media people but active and former NFL players; why Daniel was a good fit for the podcast; the value of having guests such as Andy Reid; how to determine the length of a podcast; deciding on the best days to publish; how to determine what news goes on a podcast versus another forum; the life of an NFL insider and whether it is sustainable long-term, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm your host, Richard Deich. |
| 0:12.1 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:14.1 | One guest this week, and someone who I happen to work with, who in addition is one of the premier NFL insiders in the country. |
| 0:23.6 | Diana Rusini is a senior NFL insider for the athletic, former NFL reporter at ESPN. |
| 0:30.6 | She's here because this week, she and former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel launched a new podcast called Scoop City. |
| 0:37.9 | It's a twice weekly podcast that you can listen to on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and within the athletic app. |
| 0:45.9 | And while a million people have Diana on to ask her obviously about the NFL and what she's hearing and inside stuff, this podcast will be about creating your own podcast, |
| 0:56.0 | in particular, creating your own podcast |
| 0:57.9 | in a very crowded NFL environment. |
| 1:00.7 | That's like very interesting to me, |
| 1:02.4 | even if you're someone as well known as Diana and Chase is in the space. |
| 1:05.9 | Like how do you do that and how do you separate yourself? |
| 1:08.3 | And with that, I bring in Diana Rusini. Welcome to the sports |
| 1:11.7 | media podcast. Thank you for having me. I don't think I've ever technically been on it. I think I've |
| 1:16.2 | answered some of your mailbags in the past. I don't think I've ever joined the show. So now that |
| 1:21.3 | I understand what it takes to have a podcast, A, God bless you, B, congratulations, and see, you deserve more money. So those three things. bless you. B, congratulations. |
| 1:29.1 | And see, you deserve more money. |
| 1:30.9 | So those three things. |
| 1:31.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:38.8 | I fully connect with all the stress that comes with the podcast and also the rewarding feeling that you do get with this as well. |
| 1:42.2 | Yeah, well, let's hope your career continues on after this podcast. |
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