AYNE 813 - Citizen AYNE

About this episode

Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver discuss the launch of Citizen AYNE and draw parallels between the dot-com boom and today's media landscape.

Roger Mitchell and Mark Oliver launch Citizen AYNE, a new AYNE series inspired by Citizen Kane, by rewinding to the white‑heat of the dot‑com boom and Roger’s time running the Scottish Premier League. Using their first deal together as a live case study, they unpack how tech money, over-excited broadcasters and new investors created a “boom on a boom” in media rights, why today’s AI and chip-stock frenzy feels eerily similar, and how modern moguls like Bezos and Ellison now sit where Malone and Murdoch once did in deciding the future value of sport. Brought to you by 54.

People in this episode

Hosts: Roger Mitchell, Mark Oliver

Topics covered

• dot-com boom
• media rights
• AI frenzy
• sports moguls
• broadcasting
• investors

Keywords

• Citizen AYNE
• dot-com boom
• media rights
• AI
• sports
• broadcasting
• investors

Sponsors

54

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish Premier League, Bezos, Ellison, Malone, Murdoch

Books & works: Citizen Kane

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