Is Sports Journalism Dead? Plus: Google’s Killing Search and Fear and Loathing on the Wemby Beat.

About this episode

The episode discusses the state of sports journalism, changes to Google search, and features an interview with sports columnist Mike Finger about covering Victor Wembanyama.

Today on The Press Box, Joel is back, and he’s here with Bryan to talk first about the sale of New York magazine. Then they talk about the changes coming to the Google search bar (9:13), whether sports journalism is dead like Dan Le Batard said (21:53), and more. Then they are joined by San Antonio Express-News sports columnist Mike Finger to discuss what it’s like covering Victor Wembanyama (58:27). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and Joel AndersonGuest: Mike FingerProducers: Isaiah Blakey, Jon Roemer, Oscar De La Luz, and Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joel Anderson, Bryan Curtis

Guest: Mike Finger

Topics covered

• sports journalism
• Google search changes
• Victor Wembanyama
• New York magazine sale
• media landscape

Keywords

• sports journalism
• Google search
• Dan Le Batard
• Victor Wembanyama
• Mike Finger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York magazine, Google

Books & works: Victor Wembanyama

Places: San Antonio

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