Marchand Sports Media

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Sports Illustrated is one of the great brands in sports media history. SI’s editor in chief, Stephen Cannella, explains why it still matters, how it is growing and where he sees its future opportunities.
Cannella is the guest on a 34-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN …
* Why it is exciting time even with all the fractures in the media business
* How AI offers opportunity
* How SI’s changed in Cannella’s three decades
* What SI is trying to figure out
* What does the current SI staff look like and how it works
* The ways you try to monetize on SI now
* How the new approach is kind of old
* The way to distribute content
* Super Intelligence and President Trump’s AI comments
* SI TV and bringing some old stories back to life
* The live rights that have worked on SI
* The strength of the swimsuit issue and its evolution
* Why athletes still want to be on the cover
* What is going to happen in media in the next five years
* Why human conversations still matters
* AI’s impact on overall employment
* Canella’s favorite story of all-time
Some Related Podcasts: Peter King, Mike Vaccaro, Bomani Jones, Adam Schefter
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Dianna Russini’s comeback plans are public, but if she really wants to go forward she needs to address some of the reasons why she got here.
Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel analyze it all, plus Fox-Roku, SNY, the changing dynamics of sports media, ESPN’s expanded college football playoffs and more.
It is a 31-minute edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN …
* The significance of the Fox-Roku $22B deal and SNY’s major layoffs
* Greg Olsen & Noah Eagle shine, while Tom Brady does not
* The lockout impact on MLB media
* Why Russini has to directly address the Mike Vrabel situation
* The Russini “Peter Schrager model”
* If Russini breaks a story, what happens …
* Fox-Roku and SNY show where the media is going
* Do the guys like the new College Football expansion and ESPN’s new deal financials
* The MLB Network “Intentional Talk” reversal analyzed
* What ESPN personality told Meterparel that he is the “straw that stirs the drink”
* What we liked about Nick Wright’s “Main Event”
* Scott Zolak’s needs to calm down on Patriots’ radio
* The CBS-YouTube-NFL late game major issues need to be addressed
* Papa Clicker reviews’ Peter Gammons’ “It’s All About the Players: What I’ve learned from Baseball’s Best”
* Cakes Are Baking
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FS1’s Nick Wright has made it to the top of the sports opinion game without working at ESPN or being a former professional athlete.
Wright, part of FS1’s very successful “First Things First,” explains how he did it, the ESPN crossroads decision that left him in tears and his dream of being in politics.
It is a 37-minute “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand”
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* How has Nick Wright stood out in the opinion game
* His unique, non-ESPN or pro sports journey to the top
* The ESPN/FS1 decision that left Wright in tears
* Being FS1’s first ‘homegrown star”
* The outrageous car he bought after his first job
* Being “Nick the kid” at 11 on Kansas City local radio
* A great Bob Costas mentor story
* How his opinion methods
* Why he wrote a 30-page book prior to an interview for a Houston radio
* Why he added SiriusXM to his duties when he already had “First Things First”
* How Wright has made it without being too stupid and loud
* Wright thinks he has an “intellectual advantage” over most in sports talk
* His strategy for doing it for a long time
* First Things First and the importance of Chris Canty, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes
* The producers, Steven Hubbard and Dustin Waite, and working together
* How Charles Barkley and Shannon Sharpe were anomalies that fooled TV executives
* Cris Carter’s funny line about the audience trusting Wright on the NBA
* Wright’s goal was to be in politics
* Being beaten down by the current state of politics
* His love of poker
* What he wants to do next
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Inside Joe Buck and Troy Aikman’s pending ESPN divorce and why the network’s president, Burke Magnus, has an outsized role in the disaster leading up to the network’s first Super Bowl. Plus, what is next.
It is a 35-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media” podcast.
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POD RUNDOWN …
* Burke Magnus’ mistake
* The potential replacements for Aikman
* Kevin Kugler credit
* The first repeat winner of the “What’s Down”
* Did Jimmy Pitaro ask Joe Buck if he could work with Troy Aikman
* The original contract length mistake
* Did Aikman do something wrong that upset ESPN
* Has Aikman lived up to his contract
* Can Aikman and Buck make a comeback
* The “manipulation” charge
* The “screaming” allegation
* Why Aikman is in his right to ask for “Brady money”
* Why did same thing that happen at Fox happen again
* The irony of the possible Olsen hire
* The Magnus-Aikman conversation
* Al Michaels’ “bulldog” backing out of contract story
* ESPN is too focused on alt-casts
* “I can’t believe you did this to me”
* Honoring Ernie Johnson after his “Inside The NBA” retirement
* Respect for Nate Smeltz
* Sports media free agent tracker
* Cakes Are Baking
* The Pod Re-Run Admission
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J.J. Watt has got the top job as CBS’ lead NFL game analyst, but the question is if he can avoid the same fate as Jim Nantz’ last two partners, Phil Simms and Tony Romo. Plus, Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel discuss Pat McAfee’s hypocrisy and Burke Magnus’ mishandle.
It is a 31-minute “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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Highlights ….
* Can J.J. Watt improve with Jim Nantz?
* Rating Joe Davis and Fox on the World Series
* What’s down? Burke Magnus’s handling of Pat McAfee & Troy Aikman
* The Nantz game analyst trend
* The Kevin Burkhardt/Tom Brady compliment
* The Ross Tucker/Ian Eagle trend
* Pat McAfee is so hypocritical with his Utah comments
* What Fox gets right with its World Series reporters
* The WNBA disaster and what the PGA Tour & WWE get right
* The big Ithaca College trip to Charlotte
* Dan Orlovsky’s percent ridiculousness
You are invited to join us on Monday, Nov. 16th for our next “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports.” Our guest will be Walker Jacobs, the president of DAZN, USA. Sign up here.