Menu
Sports Media

RAISSMAN GIVES MSG NETWORK HEAT FOR DUCKING STRIP CLUB STORY

          MSG Network's decision not to report allegations that a
     "mob-connected Atlanta strip club provided thousands of
     dollars worth of ... girls and booze to athletes" --
     including Knicks players -- "raises serious questions of
     both news judgment and an undeniable perception that comes
     into play when a team and network are linked under the same
     ownership umbrella," according to Bob Raissman of the N.Y.
     DAILY NEWS.  No players have been named in the indictment of
     the club's Owner, Richard Kaplan, and there are no charges
     of any wrongdoing.  MSG Exec Producer Mike McCarthy:  "There
     is a definite train of thought here.  And that is this
     subject matter is on a gossip level and not on a wholesome
     family entertainment level, which we are trying to present
     to our viewers."  McCarthy added if one of the players is
     arrested or "is impacted in terms of his playing ability by
     whatever happens next we're going to have an obligation to
     cover the story."  McCarthy: "But for now, to report that
     these guys may or may not go to a strip club after hours is
     way out of line for a 10-year-old kid to get confronted
     with."  Raissman writes that it is "impossible to argue with
     McCarthy's stance as it relates to children," but, "news is
     news.  And these stories are more than relevant."  Raissman:
     "'SportsDesk' has been billed as MSG's sports news gathering
     arm. In order to live up to that billing, legitimate stories
     must be reported" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 12/10).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1999/12/10/Sports-Media/RAISSMAN-GIVES-MSG-NETWORK-HEAT-FOR-DUCKING-STRIP-CLUB-STORY.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1999/12/10/Sports-Media/RAISSMAN-GIVES-MSG-NETWORK-HEAT-FOR-DUCKING-STRIP-CLUB-STORY.aspx

CLOSE