Category: BUSINESS OF SPORTS
Is It Time to Rebuild Blue Jays Broadcasts?
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
I have been sitting on this topic for a few months but with spring training upon us the time seems [...]
John Shannon Talks Don Cherry, Ron Maclean, Dave Hodge, Gary Bettman, Masai Ujiri & More In an exclusive interview, sports broadcasting expert John Shannon talks behind the scenes at Hockey Night and more.
by TSM
For over 45 years John Shannon has been involved in sports media. John has worked for the NHL, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and was Ex [...]
Seen & Heard – Weekend Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Busy couple of weeks in sports so I'm clearing out the queue before [...]
Seen & Heard – Weekend Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. I'm clearing out the queue on a few small stories. As always, if th [...]
Blue Jays Win the Offseason
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Happy Holidays to all our readers. We appreciate all of you, but especially those who take the time [...]
Sportsnet’s Don Cherry Attacks Immigrants on CBC
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Don Cherry took to the national airwaves Saturday night to call out immigrants for failing to wear [...]
FAN590’s New Vision For Drive Home
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Beyond the abrupt and short-lived change to 3-6pm, the 4-7pm slot has been sacrosanct at Fan590 for [...]
Seen & Heard – Weekend Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. We had a very busy week and rather than posting several short stori [...]
Sportsnet Revamps Entire 590 Line-Up Greg Brady Out
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Hi everyone - Jonah and I are trying to collect as much information as possible but also want to gi [...]
Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Prime Time Sports
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Hope you're enjoying the end of summer.
I'd like to exten [...]
Sportsnet Tries to Change the Narrative on the Jays
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
I'm on vacation from work right now and will try to devote some more time to writing over the comin [...]
An Interview with The Star’s Gregor Chisholm
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
With the Raptors taking the city by storm and the Leafs being a lead story 11 months out of 12 your [...]
Sportsnet Prepares for Massive Layoffs
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Updated from earlier to reflect public statements by Sportsnet, McCown, and others.
Bob Mc [...]
Raptors Take Centre Court
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Toronto has always been a Leafs town first, and a Jays town second, with basketball struggling to g [...]
TSN’s Mark Milliere Arrested for DUI
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Mark Milliere, TSN's Senior Vice-President of Production, suddenly parted ways with parent company Bell i [...]
The Athletic Looks to Disrupt Podcasting
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
After posting several jobs on their hiring website over the past several months The Athletic has of [...]
Fall & Winter 2018-2019 Sports Radio Ratings
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
If there's one topic that has generated more interest than any other around here it's radio ratings. The F [...]
Longreads: the ethics of writing about tragedy
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Since we spend so much time talking about journalism here I like [...]
Sport Radio in 2018: The Year in Review
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Regular readers will have noticed that I stopped writing about radio in 2018 [...]
Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Economics
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans.
This is the final instalment of a series on sports media storie [...]