mike (in boston)

mike (in boston) commented on the post, Raptors Take Centre Court 5 days, 7 hours ago

FWIW, everyone in the media loves Cathal and tells me that he is not at all pretentious, self-absorbed, and insufferable in person.
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Raptors Take Centre Court 5 days, 7 hours ago

“I will admit this much – I was enjoying myself. It is oddly invigorating to be so deeply loathed that people are carving time out of their days to carve you.”

That’s Stepehen Brunt’s replacement, our man C […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Raptors Take Centre Court 1 week, 3 days ago

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Toronto has always been a Leafs town first, and a Jays town second, with basketball struggling to gain the same kind of following. Those days are over, for now. G […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, TSN’s Mark Milliere Arrested for DUI 1 month ago

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Mark Milliere, TSN’s Senior Vice-President of Production, suddenly parted ways with parent company Bell in late March. This was first reported on twitter by […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, The Athletic Looks to Disrupt Podcasting 2 months, 1 week ago

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After posting several jobs on their hiring website over the past several months The Athletic has officially unveiled their new suite of podcasts. These will be e […]
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Fall & Winter 2018-2019 Sports Radio Ratings 3 months, 1 week ago

I should also note that in adults 12+ FAN has a 2 to 1 lead over TSN1050 during the most recent time period. That’s much better than previous results for TSN. Total audience for sports radio is down significantly […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Fall & Winter 2018-2019 Sports Radio Ratings 3 months, 1 week ago

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If there’s one topic that has generated more interest than any other around here it’s radio ratings. The Fall and Winter books are important since these represent the t […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Longreads: the ethics of writing about tragedy 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Good morning sports media fans. Since we spend so much time talking about journalism here I like to devote space to looking a the nuts and bolts of the process. As s […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Sport Radio in 2018: The Year in Review 4 months ago

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Good morning sports media fans. Regular readers will have noticed that I stopped writing about radio in 2018 after spending more time on that medium than any other in the […]
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Economics 4 months ago

Good discussion. This is a really complex topic with lots of moving parts and angles.

Of note, TV rights deal are still going up. MLB just resigned with FOX for more money. That’s mostly OTA (rather than cable), […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Economics 4 months, 1 week ago

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Good morning sports media fans.

This is the final instalment of a series on sports media stories to watch in 2019. Thanks to everyone who weighed in on part one (on t […]
mike (in boston) commented on the post, The Maple Leafs Made A Trade… 4 months, 1 week ago

thx for the feedback Daniel. Easiest way to keep track of your past discussions is by making an account. No personal info needed.
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Lots Going To Change In Toronto Sports Media World 4 months, 2 weeks ago

sounds great. email me.
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting 4 months, 3 weeks ago

We will have a post up soon about the radio changes at Sportsnet and TSN. February came early this year. That’s usually when the line-ups shuffles happen. Tough break for Price who moved his family here from […]
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Point taken Sperk. We tend to focus on MSM activities just because that’s what most readers know and care about, but with podcasting there’s tons of good work being done by other outlets. It kind of mirrors the […]
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting 5 months ago

We will have an update on the end of Scott MacArthur’s tenure with TSN when details emerge. I like to give people some room to process things before bugging them for details.
mike (in boston) commented on the post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting 5 months ago

Good discussion here on podcasts.

One further thought I had is that podcasting trains you to care less about discussion of last night’s game. So many people watch and use a 2nd screen in real-time that you’re […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Podcasting 5 months ago

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Good morning sports media fans. Try not to freeze out there today. Over the next few posts I’ll be discussing some stories to watch in 2019. This is Part Two. Part On […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, Sports Media Stories to Watch in 2019: Damien Cox 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Good morning sports media fans. Happy New Year to all our readers.

I’d like to extend a special thanks to those of you who take the time to contribute to the discussion […]
mike (in boston) wrote a new post, TSN & Sportsnet lose EPL rights to DAZN 6 months, 1 week ago

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Good afternoon sports media fans. Things have been quiet in local sports media news lately. No changes to the radio line-ups. No changes to the local print media […]
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