The Sports Media Thread

[MDS]

espn is spinning this saying a bunch of the jobs are open positions that wont get filled...yeah right. and rick reilly is still earning over a million large per year to mail in columns and ask stewart scott to lie to the nation that he breaks news on twitter

the fact is they are paying massive money to the usta, the sec, the nfl, mlb, the nba is up soon, they just built a new sportscenter set that cost 125...disney sees this and needs to lower their overhead so they still hit their profit margin, so it looks good to shareholders and all that other business bullshtein

granted its capitalism and its survival of the fittest but for a company making money hand over fist to fire 400 people is gross.

i hate rupert with a passion but im hoping fox sports 1 is decent so espn goes into the shteinter. them getting those hysterical canadian tsn dudes was a terrific start

[BigEd76]

I saw somewhere that those new sets they built are green screens and it'll be like tosh or The Soup

[ice grillin you]

mangenius leaving espn for the 49ers....i enjoyed him on tv

[MDS]

true or false the highlight of his career was his sopranos cameo

[ice grillin you]

the highlites of his career are his appearances on first take as the quietest person ever sandwiched in btwn screamin a and skip

[MDS]

first take is fox news for sports

same exact playbook

[ice grillin you]

Verizon is close to taking the lid off a four-year, $1B extension of its NFL rights. The deal, which will allow Verizon to stream every NFL regular-season and playoff game to mobile phones, should forever obliterate the distinction between sponsor and media-rights deals. Its previous deal gave Verizon subscribers access to live games schedules from ESPN, NBC and NFL Network. But this new deal adds in the CBS and Fox Sunday afternoon schedules plus the playoffs. It comes just two weeks after the league signed a five-year, $400M deal with Microsoft.

Pointedly, the massive Verizon deal does not include the rights to stream NFL games to tablets – only "mobile phones," which is certain to lead to fights over what is considered a phone. The league likely will have to resolve the difference between dedicated tablets, like iPads, and hybrid devices, like Samsung's popular Galaxy.

NFL Exec VP/Media Steve Bornstein and NFL Media COO Brian Rolapp handled negotiations for the league. Verizon's NFL agency Wasserman Media Group handled negotiations for the carrier. The deal was completed long enough ago that senior club officials were briefed on it at NFL meetings at the end of May.

The deal will make Verizon one of the NFL's biggest business partners outside of its media-rights holders. Verizon has committed to paying $1B over the four-year term, starting with a $210M payment in the deal's first year, sources said. The deal marks a significant increase over Verizon's previous deal. An NFL sponsor since '10, Verizon was paying around $50M annually for its NFL rights, including rights fees, team spend commitments and media spending on NFL media partners.

[Sgt PSN]

I assume everyone in here already has their dvr set to record that NBA doc on Doc. 

[ice grillin you]

espn had a second round of layoffs yesterday and one of the casualties was the schwab

After 26 years at ESPN, I am extremely disappointed to say farewell. I have been proud of my association and my work during my tenure. I was a loyal employee, displayed respect for others, worked with numerous charities, represented the company well. I always did everything asked of me and more. What did I get in return today ... word that I should get lost. The only thing that mattered was my salary, which in my view was the lone reason I lost my job.

[BigEd76]

nooooooooooooooooooooo

Wait....has he done anything since those couple of weeks where he had a trivia show?

A quick Philly Inquirer note:  John Mitchell and Keith Pompey are swapping coverage of the Sixers and Temple

[phattymatty]

the schwab has been like chief researcher and producer for dozens of shows since the 80s. one of the ESPN OGs.

[ice grillin you]

i read thats hes been on first take a few times as a guest

also beat the schwab or whatever it was called was on for a few years....i loved that show

[Sgt PSN]

Yeah, he hasn't been in front of the camera very much since Stump The Schwab (though he does make occasional appearances on random shows) but he's basically the Elias Sports Bureau.  He's fat though and I bet they cut him loose so they didn't have to pay his doctor bills. 

[ice grillin you]

Yeah, he hasn't been in front of the camera very much since Stump The Schwab (though he does make occasional appearances on random shows) but he's basically the Elias Sports Bureau.  He's fat though and I bet they cut him loose so they didn't have to pay his doctor bills.

dont embarrass elias with that comparison....if schwab is a key chain flashlight then they are a supernova

elias came hard with this today...all i could was laugh at its ridiculousness

"The Yankees 4-7 hitters on Thursday are 1st set of 4 consecutive starting batters since 1900 to go 0 for 28+ in one game"

[Sgt PSN]

I had a little typo....should have been "their" ESB, not the.  Point was that dude is kind of a walking encyclopedia of info.  Obviously Elias trumps all.