Category: FEATURED ARTICLE
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gregg Zaun – Terminated Rogers Sportsnet Blue Jays employee cut loose for " Bad Behaviour"
By TSM
More to come later, but multiple reports, including Bob McCown reading a statement online have confirmed that Gregg Zaun has been term [...]
The Athletic Founder Wants to Eviscerate The Newspaper Industry- Or Not The founder of the upstart Athletic told a reporter he wants to make business difficult..
By TSM
The content subscription is the disruptor du jour and around here it has garnered a ton of passionate debate. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Appl [...]
Toronto Sports Media Summer Radio Ratings Let's call it the Blue Jays effect as listeners disappear
By TSM
So the Fall book is busily being written as listeners either are or are not tuning in, so let's take a minute to review the end of May- end of [...]
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. [...]
Jay & Dan’s Excellent Adventure- Slow Death Of Highlight Shows?
By TSM
Well, wasn't that INTERESTING.....
It was only May 3, 2013 when we had the story that Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole 'said "Califor [...]
BREAKING: Blundell out, Brady back
The news is out that Dean Blundell has been let go by FAN590/Sportsnet.
His show was announced in late [...]
Seen & Heard – Weekend Edition 5 Questions with Richard Deitsch
by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media fans. This is my last column. For a month or so. Pursuing some interestin [...]
The 2016 Jim “Shaky” Hunt Sports Media Awards
by mike in boston @mikeinboston and TSM @yyzsportsmedia
With 2016 coming to a close we here at TSM HQ sat dow [...]
Toronto Sports Media Radio Ratings
By TSM
So, my early holiday present to you all is the most recent radio ratings for the 2 sports radio stations in Toronto.
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Seen & Heard – Media Roundtable Topic: Journalism in the age of Twitter
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by mike in boston / @mikeinboston / email
Good morning sports media watchers and sports fans. [...]
Radio Report Card – Fall 2016
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by mike in boston (@mikeinboston) & TSM (@yyzsportsmedia)
With the summer ratings wasteland season wrapping up and back to school abou [...]
Breaking: Mike Richards & TSN 1050 Mutually Split
by TSM
I've confirmed that the Mike Richards era at TSN 1050 radio has ended. The parties, I've been told, have agreed to mutually part ways.
Mo [...]
This Week in Bad Twitter
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by TSM and mike in boston
We preempt our usual coverage to bring [...]
Why Changes At Rogers NHL Hockey Is Troublesome
By TSM
“It’s a magical day, a transformational day for our industry and certainly for Rogers Communications,”
“It’s a game changer for [...]
May Radio Ratings & This Week in Bad Twitter
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by mike in boston / @mikeinboston & TSM / @yyzsportsmedia
May Sports Radio Ratings
Jonah has dug up th [...]