This week on the SBJ Sports Media Podcast SBJ golf and sports media reporter Josh Carpenter, is joined by SBJ soccer writer Alex Silverman for a deep dive into MLS viewership on Apple and what it could mean for the future of the media rights partnership. Also, SBJ media reporter Austin Karp has a conversation with former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg. The two discuss the future of the in-season version of Hard Knocks, the creation of HBO Real Sports as well as the impact of HBO’s partnership with boxing. All that and more on this week’s SBJ Sports Media podcast.

1:04 MLS VIEWERSHIP SURGE

7:05 MLS IN PERSON ATTENDANCE DOWN

9:31 ROSS GREENBURG INTERVIEW

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On this week’s pod, host and SBJ media writer Austin Karp is joined by The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand and Puck’s John Ourand. The trio take a deep dive into NBC’s return to the NBA mix, how F1 fits into the Apple grid, who’s up and who’s down in sports media and more.

1:00 Podcast Reunion

2:01 Who's Up Who's Down

18:45 NBA This Season

22:24 Rank the Four Players in Sports ( NBC Sports, Amazon Prime, ESPN, TNT)

25:50 The Future of WBD

30:25 YouTube TV deal with Disney

31:19 World Series TV Ratings Predictions

33:13 Last Sports Documentary watched

39:08 Karp's Corner

40:06 Who Won the Weekend

41:01 Bloopers

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On the pod this week, host Austin Karp brings in Dick Vitale to talk about his new namesake hoops event and how he sees all the changes to college basketball. Plus, SiriusXM and SmartLess Media have a new show, “We Need a Fourth,” and co-hosts Brian Baumgartner, Cooper Manning and Kenny Mayne come on the pod with their unique approach to talking about golf. And with numbers in for the first two rounds, MLB viewership has skyrocketed, but can it continue that success with some smaller markets in the LCS.

1:21 This Week in Sport's Media

5:49 Dick Vitale Interview

16:38 Ask Austin

18:30 We Need a Fourth Intervew

35:40 Karp's Corner

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