0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/22/2012
This was quite the action-packed podcast. Very newsworthy as Michelle Beadle, soon-to-be departing ESPN and soon-to-be joining NBCUniversal is one of our guests. The other is Ed Sherman, formerly of the Chicago Tribune and still writing for Crain’s Chicago Business, but now is the editor and lead writer for the Sherman Report. Ed is still […]
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Yes you do. It’s overdue. I thought being on unemployment would give me more time for doing the site. Instead, I have less. I don’t know how that’s happened. Anyway, here are some links for you. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has soon-to-be NBC’s Michelle Beadle saying even she’s sick of the coverage on where she’s […]
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Let’s provide you with three thoughts on this Tuesday. You know the drill. After learning that her contract was expiring, leading to speculation that she was about to leave, seemingly leaving, then indeed she was leaving, we finally got the official wordfrom NBCUniversal that Michelle Beadle was joining the company.It’s a good move for her. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/21/2012
NBCUniversal announces that Michelle Beadle, leaving ESPN2’s SportsNation at the end of this month, will be hosting a show for NBC Sports Network as well as being a New York-based correspondent for Access Hollywood. This fits Michelle as she’ll have a role in sports and be seen on some of NBC’s big events such as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/16/2012
I’ll do some more linkage for you this evening. You’re owed it. Why not? Thomas O’Toole from USA Today reports that Laurie Fine, the wife of ex-Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, is suing ESPN for libel saying a report ruined her reputation. Barry Petchesky of Deadspin goes inside the lawsuit and notes that Fine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2012
I’ve accumulated a lot of links. They’re slowing down my browser so let’s clear them so I can let my computer get back some memory. Lots of stuff going on. Let’s start with ESPN stuff as it dominated the news today with its network upfront presentation to advertisers and also confirmed personnel moves. First, Sports […]
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During today’s Upfront presentation to advertisers, ESPN President John Skipper confirmed to Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch that indeed, Michelle Beadle has left ESPN. ESPN president John Skipper confirms @
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/13/2012
Happy Mother’s Day. It’s been quite the day in sports already. A few thoughts in bullet form. Fox promised us unprecedented coverage on the last day of the English Premier League season and it delivered. Using FX, Fox Sports Net, Fuel and Speed in addition to its Fox Soccer, Fox Soccer Plus on online platforms, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2012
Hall and Oates from 1976 and the Old Grey Whistle Test. She’s Gone. Michelle Beadle is leaving ESPN2’s SportsNation. The official word came today. Jim Miller, co-author of “Those Guys Have All The Fun: Inside the World of ESPN” has the news. Bye bye Bristol: The @
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Let’s do some Friday megalinks. You’ve been owed some and I haven’t been able to do links for most of the week. Of course, you have the Weekend Viewing Picks which provide plenty of college sports, soccer, baseball and the NBA and NHL postseason action. Now let’s do your links. National Michael Hiestand of USA […]
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Thursday turned out to be quite the crazy day for those of us who follow the sports media beat. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. On any given day, you just don’t know when sports media news will break. We had two stories throw us for a loop. I’ll do the thoughts […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2012
This coming from my friends over at SportsbyBrooks. SbB has learned Michelle Beadle will depart ESPN for NBC Sports with the plan for her to land eventually at Access Hollywood as co-host. — SPORTSbyBROOKS (@SPORTSbyBROOKS)
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2012
Time for some linkage again. Starting with Sports Business Daily which gauges media reaction to last night’s extravagant NFL regular season schedule release on both ESPN and NFL Network. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News reviews both the Monday Night and expanded Thursday Night Football schedules. Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report has your potential hits […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/15/2012
I haven’t done a sports media thoughts post in a while and there has been so much that has transpired since the last time I wrote one. As always, they’re in bullet form. Let’s do this. Just four days into the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and I like how the networks of NBC are handling […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/27/2012
ESPN’s week long coverage of Super Bowl XLVI from Indianapolis begins in earnest on Monday. There will be live ESPN Radio shows all day starting with Mike and Mike (also simulcast on ESPN2), live studio programs like SportsNation, NFL32 and SportsCenter. We have the programming schedule for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN Radio and ESPN Deportes. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/13/2012
As my computer churns away with another silly Windows Update, it’s time for a few thoughts on the sports media. They are in bullet form as always. The signing of Jim Rome by CBS Sports is a big one. As CBS Sports Network attempts to expand from its regular diet of college sports, it nabs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/28/2011
This is a special Year-in-Review podcast. Keith Thibault and I look back at some of our best interviews from 2011. Over the past year, we interviewed quite a few guests and some heavy hitters in the Sports Media world. Keith and I chose four of the best podcasts and some are run again in their […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/28/2011
Lots of stuff going on here and it’s prevented me from providing links. I’ll do some now while I can. Anthony Crupi of Adweek reports that the NFL has put the kybosh on a new Thursday Night Football package until next season. Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal report that with […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/4/2011
Let’s get the linkage out on this Thursday. The weekend is almost here. Here’s an interesting article and I’m watching to see how it plays out. Eriq Gardner at Hollywood Reporter writes that Comcast is suing DirecTV over “deceptive claims” of free televised NFL games and exploiting the end of the lockout to conduct a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 7/20/2011
One of the most fun podcasts I’ve had comes tonight when Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I had the opportunity to talk to ESPN’s Michelle Beadle just after she purchased an iPhone. It was so funny. I could not stop laughing as you’ll hear. Before we talked with Michelle, Keith and I had […]
