SPORTS & MEDIA
John Ourand
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June 21, 2024
Stephen A.’s $18 Million Offer
ESPN and Pitaro have put an $18 million-per-year offer in front of their generational star. It’s an insane amount of dough for a TV personality… but it still might not be enough.
Dylan Byers
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June 19, 2024
The Will Lewis Living Wake
News and notes on the developing and shape-shifting scandal engulfing The Washington Post—the newsroom revolt, the Bezos response, the Barr return, the Merida tidbit, and the coming denouement of Act I.
John Ourand
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June 18, 2024
All Eyes on ESPN’s Flagship
Fifteen months out from the launch of ESPN’s new streaming property, dubbed internally as Project Flagship, questions are mounting alongside expectations.
Dylan Byers
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June 14, 2024
What About Rob?
Two weeks into The Washington Post’s nervous breakdown, Will Lewis’s time in the barrel may be ending. Rob Winnett’s turn may be just beginning.
John Ourand
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June 14, 2024
Malone’s New F1 Fantasy
The ageless mogul’s decision to take a controlling position in Formula E suggests that he’s looking to re-create the magic he found in its sister racing sport.
Dylan Byers
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June 12, 2024
The Will Lewis Forgiveness Tour
News and notes on two D.C. media anxieties of varying proportions: The Lewis redemption rodeo at the WaPo and Mark Thompson’s quiet rejiggering over at CNN.
John Ourand
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June 10, 2024
Caitlinsanity: A Pre-History
A very candid chat with Cathy Engelbert, the former Deloitte C.E.O. who became the commissioner of the WNBA in 2019.
Lauren Sherman
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June 10, 2024
Profit & Kloss
News and notes on Karlie Kloss’s forays into magazine publishing.
Dylan Byers
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June 8, 2024
License to Will
The latest anxieties and dueling narratives emanating from the expanding Washington Post blast zone on K Street.
John Ourand
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June 7, 2024
Is There Life After the NBA?
The NBA is closing in on a whopping $76 billion for its media rights packages, partly because there won’t be anything else to buy for a very, very long time.
Dylan Byers
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June 6, 2024
‘Post’ Mortem
The real and surprising story behind Sally Buzbee’s departure from The Washington Post.
Eriq Gardner
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June 5, 2024
The NFL’s $20B “Sunday Ticket” Gamble
After a decade of twists and turns, the league is facing down a 10-figure lawsuit that could also allow teams to cut their own deals with streamers, reshaping the business forever. Can the NFL afford to take that risk?
John Ourand
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June 4, 2024
Chicago Fire Sale
The R.S.N. hellscape, once the province of smaller markets, is now about to jump the shark.
Dylan Byers
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May 31, 2024
The Post-It Episode
News and notes on the Journal newsroom’s Post-It protest and CNN’s month to forget.
John Ourand
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May 30, 2024
The Zaz NBA Backtrack
As the clock ticks on the NBA rights deals, and matching rights definitions are reimagined, a new consensus is emerging: WBD probably shouldn’t bid on a package that it really can no longer afford.
Dylan Byers
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May 30, 2024
The Barkley Sweepstakes
As NBC Sports closes in on the NBA “B package,” executives and agents are beginning to contemplate who will lead the broadcasts and studio shows. And whom to pick off from TNT if Zaz is unable to wrest the final package away from Amazon.
John Ourand & Julia Alexander
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May 27, 2024
Does Netflix Really Need the NFL?
Streaming analyst Julia Alexander joins John for a brutally honest conversation about the state of streaming in its sports rights era, and why Amazon, not Netflix, is going after the biggest deals.