Sports Media Roundtable: Will Fox Sports do a good job with the World Cup? Plus, NBA and NHL viewership talk

About this episode

The episode features a roundtable discussion on Fox Sports' coverage of the World Cup and insights into NBA and NHL viewership.

Episode 628 of the Sports Media Podcast features a sports media roundtable with Jacob Feldman, a senior sports business writer for Sportico and Austin Karp and Josh Carpenter, both of who cover sports media for SBJ. In this podcast, we discuss the World Cup airing on Fox Sports from June 11 through July 19; what we are expecting from Fox's coverage; how much Fox Sports will cover news events away from the pitch; the new on-air talent from Rebecca Lowe, to Thierry Henry to Zlatan Ibrahimović; a great NBA Finals Game 1 and what it means; the robust Stanley Cup viewership numbers for Game 1 and what it means heading forward; our thoughts on Russell Wilson and Kyle Long being hired by CBS's The NFL Today; whether Wilson has an authenticity problem and more.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

People in this episode

Host: Richard Deitsch

Guests: Jacob Feldman, Austin Karp, Josh Carpenter

Topics covered

• World Cup coverage
• NBA viewership
• NHL viewership
• Fox Sports
• sports media analysis
• on-air talent

Keywords

• Fox Sports
• World Cup
• NBA Finals
• Stanley Cup
• sports media
• viewership
• on-air talent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox Sports, CBS, Sportico, SBJ

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