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    Articles tagged ESPN (80)

    Sarah ScireApril 11, 2023
    Why news outlets are putting their podcasts on YouTube
    ESPN, NPR, and Slate are experimenting with watchable podcasts.
    Mark Coddington and Seth C. LewisMarch 9, 2022
    “Stick to sports”? How ESPN became politicized
    Plus: On the ground with journalists in Mexico, the digital divide among investigative journalists, and how news organizations are using recommendations.
    Intercepted! Sports media’s attempts at diversity, that is.
    Sarah ScireMarch 24, 2021
    Most TV completely ignores women’s sports, a 30-year study finds
    “Our analysis shows men’s sports are the appetizer, the main course and the dessert, and if there’s any mention of women’s sports it comes across as begrudging ‘eat your vegetables’ without the kind of bells and whistles and excitement with which they describe men’s sports and athletes.”
    Hanaa' TameezMarch 16, 2020
    What do sports journalists do when there are no sports to cover?
    From high school to the pros, the games that filled sports sections have nearly all been called off. “We don’t have a guidebook on how to cover sports when sports aren’t being played.”
    Nicholas QuahFebruary 5, 2020
    Spotify is buying The Ringer, expanding its podcast footprint (and dipping its audio toes into plain old text)
    Can the streaming audio giant really turn Bill Simmons’ operation into “the next ESPN”? Or is the goal of building “the world’s flagship sports audio network” too ambitious?
    Nicholas QuahMarch 6, 2018
    Alexa, can you get my kid to brush his teeth? (Oh, and Alexa? How exactly can I make money with you?)
    Plus: Spotify sees growth in spoken audio, one network goes cult-happy, and Marc Maron upgrades his garage.
    Nicholas QuahFebruary 13, 2018
    Today, Explained, explained: Vox enters the daily news podcast race with a comma-happy, personality-driven show
    Plus: HBO buys in, ESPN brags condescendingly, big networks scale back, and Call Your Girlfriend plots its future. Also, gifs.
    Nicholas QuahJanuary 30, 2018
    Turns out people really like podcasts after all (and now we have numbers to prove it)
    Plus: PRX expands, WNYC shuffles, NPR stagnates, Dirty John adapts, Macmillan strategizes, and Gimlet parties.
    Nicholas QuahJanuary 16, 2018
    Who needs video? Slate is pivoting to audio, and making real money doing it
    Plus: WBEZ tries to turn a podcast into a franchise, Science Friday joins WNYC Studios, and Gimlet opens up the HBO playbook.
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