Category: FEATURED ARTICLE

Toronto Sports Media Wrap Up: Year End thoughts; Favorite Isolation Items & Gary Lawless In the Pressrow Last post of what's been an interesting year! A review of some cool lockdown tools & last podcast of the year
By TSM
Well, here we are. We've almost made it to the end of 2020 and not a minute too soon. We've all had years before that were not so great ( I kn [...]

Seen & Heard – Weekday Edition
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Apologies for the lack of timely posting. Busy days at the mousetra [...]

Back To The Grind? Toronto Sports Media Equality Question How are you watching habits evolving? Where are the women in radio in Toronto?
By TSM
Editors note: Sunday night addition!
Michelle Sturino joined me #inthepressrow to talk about her career and her story of being passed ove [...]

Hipaa, Pipeda, Corona, Hazing & Sports Media Been the craziest 72 hours in sports media issues since covering sports media
by TSM
Editor's note: On June 22nd, I interviewed Brock McGillis. The interview is below.
Happy Father's Day weekend all!
Things remain steady her [...]

Freelancers, The Sports Media Forgotten And The Future Of Fan Experience Many people are responsible for the production of the sports media we consume; during the pandemic some are forgotten, these are the freelancers
By TSM
When we think about the shutdown of sports we think about players, we think about fans, GM's, coaches, play by play teams, and all those direc [...]

Toronto Sports Media Radio Ratings March 2020 – History Made
By TSM
Sorry for the delay, but got bogged down here in the land of the Corona
Let's get the usual 'the system sucks dislaimer' out of the way:
Num [...]

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 [...]

Toronto Sports Media Radio Ratings Fall 2019 The Post McCown Book with the new Fan 590 lineup crucial ratings is out..
By TSM:
So many of you have asked about ratings since the blood letting at the Fan and especially the exit of Bob McCown. Well, here you go:
t [...]

Shanahan Shows Babcock The Door Brendan Shanahan Fires Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach Mike Babcock MSM Takes:
By TSM
Well, here we are again. It's been a long time since we have had a large enough sports news issue that required a tour around the MSM to see w [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Turkey
by TSM
Greetings and salutations from The Land! Brought the boy here to see the Seahawks take on the Brownies. Impressed again by the city and espec [...]

Sportsnet Revamps Entire 590 Line-Up
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 [...]

Toronto Sports Media Summer Update
Is it true that as we get older summers seem to fly by faster or is it just the calendar is so full that we blink and it's gone?
This is going to be [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lots Going To Change In Toronto Sports Media World
It's been too long.
I could tell you why, but let's just say it's been an adventure and a personal struggle but I am happy to report it looks like [...]

Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. Try not to freeze out there today. Over the next few posts I'll be discuss [...]

TSN & Sportsnet lose EPL rights to DAZN
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good afternoon sports media fans. Things have been quiet in local sports media news lately. No chan [...]

The Cost of Consumption
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media readers. The Star recently launched a new digital subscription service. T [...]

Developing: Changes At Top of Rogers Sportsnet
by TSM: Multiple sources tell me this morning that Scott Moore will be leaving Rogers Sportsnet at the end of October. Moore is the President of Sport [...]

Ask The Insider & More Changes At Fan 590?
We debut a new feature and just when we thought things were stable at the Fan more changes are coming. [...]