On the 33-minute podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel go inside sports media beginning with the $550 million opt-out showdown between MLB and ESPN, Joe Buck's return to baseball and the NBA All-Star game.
Here is what you need to know about the pod:
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What is the end game between ESPN and MLB with their $550 million opt-out showdown
How MLB’s Roku deal for $10 million a year has become an issue
Joe Buck is coming back to baseball to call Opening Day for ESPN between the Yankees and Brewers
Big announcement of the first Marchand Sports Media event next month
TNT's Draymond Green goes off on the NBA All-Star format
Please bring back the regular NBA jerseys for the All-Star game
Too much Kevin Hart and too much talk about the format on TNT's coverage
Tributes to “Inside the NBA,” but it’s not going anywhere
Carmelo Anthony will be front and center for NBC
How Noah Eagle could call NBC's first All-Star game
ESPN and the 4 Nations NHL success
Karl Ravech, Ithaca College Class of 1987, needed a math or reasoning course at Marchand and Meterparel's alma mater
Why Fox Sports' Super Bowl record rating won't be its for long
All sports TV ratings are about to go up
Assessing Peter Schrager's Main Event appearance last week
Could the NFL change its TV format to be more like the Premier League
Is the Fox Sports new NFL score bug here to stay
Will Dick Vitale ever do an NCAA Tournament game
Book Review: Papa Clicker on "World's Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson* by Mary Ormsby. Big score!
Announcement: “Off The Record with Andrew Marchand presented by WSC Sports" features the biggest dealmakers, talking about the future of sports media.
ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro is the inaugural guest with the focus on technology. Pitaro has said that AI will be additive to sports media. Marchand will ask him to expand on this thought and more.
The event will be held on Tuesday, March 18th at WSC Headquarters at 1410 Broadway on the 21st Floor in New York. The event is from 4-7 p.m.
Marchand and Pitaro are expected to take the stage at 4:30 p.m. and discuss AI and more for about 40 minutes. There will be light appetizers and cocktails. The event is free to attend, but space is limited.
Register here to put your name on the list
Sponsor: WSC Sports … Tell them Marchand sent you
On-deck Thursday: John Ourand is The Main Event
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