Marchand Sports Media

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In a 43-minute sports media podcast, Bomani Jones explains the three reasons why ex-ESPN stars constantly criticize ESPN.
He details how ESPN owns your audience compared to you owning it. He describes “incompetence” over malice during big time media changes. He gives his take on not looking “sour” and why he only let ESPN break his heart once.
Jones details why “The Right Time with Bomani Jones” audience is loyal and he is loyal to it. Plus, the YouTube-ization of podcasts.
That and a lot more on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
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FULL POD RUNDOWN
* Jones explains the reason for his new studio digs and getting out of the house
* Jones’ desire to hold on to his longtime listeners
* How the audience wants to help hosts it likes
* Why does Jones think his audience is loyal
* When you go to ESPN its their audience, not yours, which created a crossroads for Jones
* What Jones may have neglected and what he has tried to do since leaving ESPN
* Dan Patrick, Bill Simmons, Dan Le Batard, Jemele Hill, Trey Wingo, Ryan Clark and Linda Cohn …. they talk about ESPN a lot
* The three reasons that Jones thinks ex-ESPNers diss ESPN
* Why Jones was never going to let ESPN break his heart again
* ESPN matters
* When “Around The Horn” ended, Jones understood it
* How there were two people who mistreated him at ESPN, but Jones understood
* When the “GM” changes so does your role — which partly explains “High Noon” with Jones and Pablo Torre
* John Skipper resignation impacted Eric Rydholm and others and so on
* Why “incompetence” is a factor
* Who are the people who had it in for Jones at ESPN
* Jones tells a story that he never told before about ESPN Radio
* Jones stayed at ESPN over FS1 for less money
* ESPN’s “irresponsible” role in the college football protection act
* The podcast game is getting someone to play it, not to listen to it
* The Joe Rogan podcast example of how big it is, not how good it is
* How to stick out today
* The underrated aspect of Pat McAfee’s show
* What is next for Jones in his career
* Why he wants to do something difficult
* More Pods: Bomani Jones and how the “stick to sports” crowd won
* Bomani and sports media’s gamble on its future
* On Deck by Tues.: Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media

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The dynamics behind Tony Romo’s demise at CBS. While J.J. Watt has the inside track on the Super Bowl seat, what needs to happen in CBS’ booth now. The road map for Sean McVay to Amazon. And the reasons behind Dave Portnoy and Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” break-up — plus, the tweet.
Those topics and more on a 46-minute sports media podcast with Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media. .
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POD RUNDOWN …
* How Tony Romo’s $180M deal shocked and changed the sports media business
* Why Jason Kelce did well with Dave Pasch & Kurt Warner on their first NFL broadcast Sunday
* How Ian Eagle makes the games sounds bigger
* What the Portland Trail Blazers should have done with Braiden Bell
* Foxtoberfest means John Smoltz is center stage
* Romo’s OWI was the excuse for CBS to get rid of him, but it wasn’t the reason
* How CBS tried to get Romo to work harder
* How the Bob Costas-types study the craft
* Why J.J. Watt has the inside track to call CBS’ Super Bowl
* How are Watt and Jim Nantz doing
* What Watt needs to work on
* If not Watt, who for CBS
* What Watt is getting right about his approach to the job
* How the Sean McVay to Amazon story could play out
* Understanding how Amazon and Jay Marine think long-term with the Kirk Herbstreit and McVay situation
* Debating how Herbstreit has done
* What Al Michaels brought to Thursday Night Football on Day 1
* How Herbstreit does a Smoltz-like thing
* Will Michaels retire
* Fox took a swing with Dave Portnoy and Big Noon Kickoff
* Why it ended
* Behind-the-scenes on Portnoy’s tweet about Marchand’s story
* Ultimately, Fox Sports’ top executives, Eric Shanks & Brad Zager, had to decide if it was worth it
* The Ithaca College big names in broadcasting
* Mike Tomlin, Minecraft and assessing his NBC progress
* Why Maria Taylor deserves credit
* What Netflix’s Rebecca Lowe Women’s World Cup hire shows
* Going deeper on Bell and the Blazers’ situation
* Assessing if Bell’s tweets as a 15-year-old should’ve been a story in the first place
* On Deck: Bomani Jones is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand

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Connor Schell has been one of the most important sports media executives of his generation. In a 46-minute podcast, the former ESPN head of content details the twists and turns of his rise to the top. His road took him from not knowing sports could be a job to Harvard to being the head of ESPN’s content. He explains the choices that led to an Oscar, his best and worst decisions, Bill Simmons’ important influence and why he left ESPN.
It led him to starting his own company, Words+Pictures, which has its new multi-part documentary, “Saban,” out Oct. 8th.
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POD RUNDOWN ….
* How do you get Nick Saban to agree to a documentary
* Why Saban is intimidating to meet in a good way
* How now Fox’s Tom Rinaldi was a factor in the ESPN documentary
* How Schell went from Harvard to ESPN
* The stumbles led him into a career that he didn’t know existed
* He started “serendipity” at ESPN The Magazine with John Skipper
and John Walsh
* “I just didn’t think they were real jobs”
* The big break at ESPN after going to Columbia graduate school
* Mark Shapiro diversifying the type of programming ESPN put on, which benefitted Schell
* How Bill Simmons understood documentaries
* The money decision Skipper made
* What was the turning point of the 30-for-30s
* The best 30-for-30s are …
* Why Simmons gets a lot of credit for the “O.J. Simpson: Made in America”
* The decision that Skipper made about Schell’s future that led to big opportunities
* What was Schell’s vision in 2015 and the beginning thoughts about a streaming world
* The decision that Schell made that he was most proud of was …
* A big change in ESPN’s presentation
* If Schell could have one do-over, what would it be …
* The Monday Night Football experience issue
* Why did Schell choose to leave ESPN
* The constraints of being the chief content officer at ESPN
* The gift Jimmy Pitaro gave Schell as he left
* How he is still close with Pitaro, Burke Magnus and ESPN
* Happiness and creating his own company, Words+Pictures
* The pressure to deliver for platforms
* Why he has no regrets
* His opinion on AI and sports
* On Deck: Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media

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The classic matchup of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning has moved to TV. Why Brady has gotten the better of Manning early in the season.
Andrew Marchand & Jon Meterparel also go deep — who’s up and who’s down — into how NFL broadcasters have done, including Brady, Kevin Burkhardt, J.J. Watt, Ross Tucker, Ian Eagle, Jim Nantz, Chris Myers, Troy Aikman, Joe Buck, Greg Olsen, Drew Brees, Mike Tomlin, Alex Smith, Trent Green, Kurt Warner and Adam Archuleta.
Plus, info and analysis on MLB media lockout news, NBC’s MLB playoff plans, Chris Simms’ apology, Brad Nessler, Charles Davis, Noah Eagle, Pat McAfee, Devin Gardner and Dusty Baker
It is a 34-minute edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
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POD RUNDOWN …
* Manningcast ratings dilemma
* Why CBS’ Ross Tucker works
* Fox’s Tom Brady’s “meatball sub” rise
* The ESPN Texas-Tennesee audio issues didn’t have to do with the Secret Service
* Fox’s Chris Myers’ problems on play-by-play
* What Fox’s Kevin Burkhardt does for Brady
* The analysts who struggle with the feel for the game
* What Fox’s Drew Brees needs to find
* Alex Smith makes the ESPN Sunday show go
* What Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt missed at end of Ravens-Cowboys
* Nantz’s final call
* Mike Tomlin comes up big
* Why the No. 60 will be so important in the MLB lockout
* What to make of the NBC/Peacock MLB lineup
* The local analysts setup are good or bad
* Should NBC’s Chris Simms have apologized for his Dante Moore comments
* Comparing CBS’ Brad Nessler and Fox’s Connor Onion
* ESPN’s Pat McAfee kicking ringer
* One to watch: Fox’s Devin Gardner
* Papa Clicker book review: Dusty Baker
* Cakes are Baking (Marchand enters 19-57)
* On Deck Thursday: Connor Schell is The Main Event

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Joe Buck’s new $108M extension, David Berson’s forthcoming CBS/TNT Sports kingdom, Pat McAfee is ESPN’s center of attention and Brian Rolapp has innovative plans — they are all part of a 36-minute power player edition of “Marchand & Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media.”
Plus, what is next for Troy Aikman/ESPN and the potential NFL TV analyst carousel, J.J. Watt and Jim Nantz check-up, Doc Rivers returns to TV and much more.
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* Why PGA Tour CEO’s Brian Rolapp’s plan makes sense
* Buck and Troy Aikman have restored the marquee of MNF
* Remembering Chris Spatoloa
* Tom Brady needs to pay for better WiFi
* What was up with Gus Johnson
* ESPN’s plan, at this moment, with Aikman is …
* If it doesn’t workout with Aikman, what could be next
* With the Manningcast ratings not great, how about …
* Evaluating Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt after two weeks
* McAfee is the center of everything at ESPN
* Rece Davis is almost non-existent on GameDay
* CBS Sports president David Berson’s power
* CBS/TNT’s portfolio rivals ESPN’s
* Rolapp and the “haves and have nots”
* Rolapp’s moves makes TV sense
* Doc Rivers stabbed ESPN in the back, now he’s back on NBC
* Evaluating Matthew Berry’s Roku move
* How is Peter Schrager’s show doing
* Alexa math
* “Cakes Are Baking” Game
* Ourand blooper