The Rare Thursday Linkage

Let’s do some linkage today.

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch talks with ESPN’s Chris Fowler and looks at the first days of Fox Sports 1.

Richard talks with new Fox Football Daily analyst Randy Moss.

Paul Sanford at Sports Business Daily compares and contrasts Wednesday night’s edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter to Fox Sports 1’s Fox Sports Live.

SB Nation’s Steve Lepore went to ESPN’s Media Day yesterday and provides his thoughts on his visit.

From Matt Yoder at Awful Announcing, it appears Kenny Mayne will be returning to SportsCenter part-time.

Chris Littman at the Sporting News notes that it’s been ten years since ESPN aired the controversial series Playmakers.

Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal has the audio of yesterday’s media session with ESPN President John Skipper.

Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News says CBS will not push its coverage of the US Open and the NFL to CBS Sports Network as its dispute with Time Warner Cable continues.

Brian Steinberg at Variety writes that Fox is seeking $4 million per 30 second spot for Super Bowl XLVIII.

Brian Lowry of Variety brutalizes Fox Sports 1’s Crowd Goes Wild.

Hilary Lewis from the Hollywood Reporter says CBS signed a transmission deal with Verizon FiOS.

Cynopsis Media has its daily sports media and marketing roundup.

Ed Sherman over at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center reviews the upcoming HBO documentary on Marty Glickman.

The Tampa Bay Times’ Eric Deggans writes at the National Sports Journalism Center that Fox Sports 1 is going to mount a serious challenge to ESPN.

Casey Newton of The Verge says ESPN could put all of its channels online.

John Koblin at Deadspin looks at the new 6,000,000 square foot SportsCenter studio which was one of the reasons why ESPN invited sports media reporters and bloggers to Bristol yesterday.

Koblin skewers Fox Sports Live’s panel discussion.

Paulsen at Sports Media Watch looks at the English Premier League ratings on NBCSN.

From earlier this week, the Boston Globe’s Chad Finn notes that WEEI has dropped the Boston Celtics leaving the team without a flagship radio station for now.

Richard Sandomir of the New York Times looks at the commercial drop-ins during MLB games on radio.

Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union notes the hiring of two more ESPN NFL analysts.

Dan Steinberg at the Washington Post’s DC Sports Bog says Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s Chick Hernandez makes his play-by-play debut tonight.

Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle says Texas A&M is going after ESPN and Darren Rovell in particular over its reporting on Johnny Manziel.

John Kiesewetter in the Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Fox Sports Ohio has announced its high school football schedule.

Paul M. Banks at the Chicago Sports Media Watch talks with a local sports radio anchor.

Scott D. Pierce of the Salt Lake Tribune notes that old rivals Utah and Utah State kick off the new college football season on a new network.

Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News publishes an Associated Press story about NFL retirees suing NFL Films over the unauthorized use of their likenesses.

Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News says Fox Sports 1 could change the college sports landscape.

Here’s the latest from Dave Kohl in the Broadcast Booth.

We’re done here. More stuff on the way.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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