Media

DirecTV, WPLG-ABC extend carriage rights talks

Weekend Rap - 06/02/2024

DirecTV and WPLG-ABC’s parent company “mutually agreed” to a deadline extension in carriage rights negotiations and delay the removal of the station from tens of thousands of South Florida-based Panthers fans. The sides ensured that ABC’s coverage of Game 6 of the Panthers-Rangers NHL playoff series would be televised...

April sales drop for MLB: The Show after strong start in March

Unpacks Lite Newsletter - 05/31/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 05/31/2024

Sony's MLB: The Show 24 lost momentum after its strong March debut, dropping from No. 3 to No. 6 on tracking firm Circana’s best-selling video games list in the U.S. for April. April also saw the return of EA Sports FC 24 to the top 10, after it...

Barkley remains outspoken about WBD potentially losing NBA TV rights

Daily - 05/31/2024 | Daily - 05/31/2024

Basketball HOFer Charles Barkley has “gone on an unprecedented media tour” in recent days, “ripping executives at Warner Bros. Discovery as reports swirl about TNT losing out on the next NBA TV media rights deal,” according to Rob Tornoe of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. The NBA is...

Netflix nearing deal for documentary series around SEC

Daily - 05/31/2024 | Daily - 05/31/2024

Netflix is “closing in on a deal with the SEC to give it the immersive documentary treatment," similar to what it has done for F1 with “Drive to Survive” and the PGA Tour with “Full Swing," according to Emerson & Marchand of THE ATHLETIC. Teams will “be able to...

Bears set to appear on HBO's 'Hard Knocks'

Morning Buzz - 05/31/2024

The Bears will be featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” during training camp this season, with the five-episode series set to begin airing Aug. 6. The 19th edition of the show will mark the first to feature the Bears, who have "long avoided participating." Team chair George...

Closing Shot: Eyes of the World

CU Professor News - 05/31/2024 | Unpacks Newsletter - 05/31/2024

Bill Walton was a tall tale, a 6-foot, 11-inch ambassador of 10-speeds, tie-dyes, teepees, redheads and Deadheads. But, if not for ESPN, he would’ve died this week with only one-third the audience. Go back 50 years, and he was a sullen mystery, a vegetarian in...

Fox unveils Euro '24, Copa America broadcast teams

Closing Bell - 05/30/2024

Ian Darke will pair with Landon Donovan "as Fox's lead broadcast team" at this year’s European Championship, while John Strong and Stu Holden are set to work as the lead crew at the Copa America. With the tournaments "overlapping," the network "will...

Zaslav remains confident in WBD's sports offerings

Closing Bell - 05/30/2024

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav "seems confident" that TNT will "survive without the NBA" if it loses the league's media rights, saying that the company "has been trying to bolster the sports lineup on its channels." While acknowledging that the company "is still talking to the...

Audience Analysis: Stanley Cup Playoffs keep humming; F1 Monaco up despite lack of drama

Daily - 05/30/2024

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are seeing an 11% viewership boost in the U.S. to date -- a figure that will likely continue to rise with both conference finals series set to go at least six games. All NHL playoff games are averaging 1.2 million viewers to date, up 11%...

Changes at KNBR-AM leave uncertainty around S.F. Bay Area sports talk station

Daily - 05/30/2024

KNBR-AM, the “foremost Bay Area sports talk radio station,” has undergone a “series of sudden shifts” in recent months , “leaving its audience pondering what lies ahead,” according to Aidin Vaziri of the S.F. CHRONICLE. The most recent shakeup unfolded last week, as Program Dir Adam Copeland ...

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
…
>
Last

SPONSORED CONTENT

Quote Of the day

If people want to bet, they can bet on sports. They're doing it technically illegally or offshore anyway and the state's not making any of that money. We might as well allow the state to capture that revenue and better their economic situation by legalizing it as opposed to not.
-- Stars President & CEO Brad Alberts, on supporting the effort to legalize sports betting in Texas. DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 5/30

PODCASTS

PROPERTIES

Media

DirecTV, WPLG-ABC extend carriage rights talks

April sales drop for MLB: The Show after strong start in March

Barkley remains outspoken about WBD potentially losing NBA TV rights

Netflix nearing deal for documentary series around SEC

Bears set to appear on HBO's 'Hard Knocks'

Closing Shot: Eyes of the World

Fox unveils Euro '24, Copa America broadcast teams

Zaslav remains confident in WBD's sports offerings

Audience Analysis: Stanley Cup Playoffs keep humming; F1 Monaco up despite lack of drama

Changes at KNBR-AM leave uncertainty around S.F. Bay Area sports talk station

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 31, 2024

Kate Abdo, Ramona Shelburne and a modern day “Heidi Moment”

SBJ I Factor: James Giglio

Leeds United adds Red Bull as Equity Investor and Kit Sponsor

Sports Media Podcast May 29 2024 Ramona Shelburne Part 1

Sports Media Podcast May 29 2024 Whos Up Whos Down