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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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
table.ta [...]