Seven of eight ‘SportsCenter’ windows see year-over-year viewership rise
SportsCenter viewership is up 7% year over year thus far in 2023, rising to an average of 442,000 viewers.
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Tim Kurkjian pre-wrote Peter Gammons’ obituary after brain aneurysm
"Hardest story I’ve ever written in my life.’’
ESPN’s hopes for more parity and drama in F1 season appear to be evaporating
"...I’d be lying if I didn’t say we [would] want to see some drama play out over the next couple of weeks as the season continues to progress.”
CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says “We plan to be involved in the business of big-time college football going forward”
"We plan to be involved in the business of college football, big-time college football, going forward, and to take advantage of that tradition we've established."
NY Post & Sports Business Journal team up for The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast
The weekly podcast will premiere on October 6.
Shams Charania could be on the move from The Athletic and/or Stadium by the end of August, amidst the NBA playoffs
Charania's contracts with The Athletic and Stadium expire later this month. Both are looking to keep him, but other suitors could also get involved.
John Skipper says DAZN “hung up a sign” of non-boxing interest with ChangeUp: are they chasing Sunday Ticket?
Skipper said ChangeUp is "pretty clearly intended to send a signal that we are interested in the major sports in this country."
ACC schools are now spending $110-120 million overall to prepare for ACC Network launch, four times what SEC schools spent
Schools are expected to have at least four to five control rooms at launch, at least two with linear capabilities.
John Skipper’s abrupt exit opened the door for ESPN to strike a UFC deal
Skipper reportedly "wasn’t a fan of the sport and didn’t believe it fit into ESPN’s schedule."
Michael Eisner showed an amazing level of Ducks and Angels fandom while running Disney, from meetings to duck calls to Prague
"We were trying to figure out where he was and how we could get a satellite feed to him so that he could watch his Ducks game in a hotel in Prague. I believe we succeeded."
Matt Vasgersian says Sunday Night Baseball booth is still growing together, and “there are detractors built in”
"When a booth is functioning on all cylinders, there's this nice symbiotic dynamic between the producer and the people in the booth. ...You're just vibing. That's what we're trying to get to, and it has to happen organically."
Thanks to an app shift, ESPN’s seeing record numbers for 14 of 15 fantasy products
ESPN has nearly doubled its unique fantasy users over the last four years, and more than half of that growth came in the last year following a shift to a single fantasy app.
Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting to feature talks from Bill Simmons, Jeremy Schaap, Jay Harris
This is a long-time goal for Patrick, who worked with Full Sail University to develop a program focused on practical sportscasting instruction and will be personally involved, along with other sports media personalities serving as guest instructors.
Some ESPN executives believe Fox is “orchestrating attacks” against their network
"For some in Bristol, Fox News’ role in hyping these stories is an examples of a rival putting its main competitor in a poor light — going so far as to plug its sister sports network."
