Jason Clinkscales
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Ranking next possible destinations for Mina Kimes
Mina Kimes will be one of the most sought-after sports media personalities as reports indicate her ESPN contract could be coming up soon. → Read More
Kyle Busch Rowdy documentary expands NASCAR storytelling
Kyle Busch Rowdy documentary hopes to shed new light on one of NASCAR's most polarizing drivers ahead of the 2023 season. → Read More
Why Break Point was an unforced error for Netflix and tennis
Why wasn't Break Point able to recapture the success that Netflix found with Formula 1 show Drive to Survive? → Read More
Was Amazon's Thursday Night Football debut season a success?
When Al Michaels spoke with The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch about his first season as the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video, he was rather frank about the quality of games he ended up calling. I think I’m to the point in my life and career, having watched sports since I was 6 Read more... → Read More
After Damar Hamlin collapse, ESPN made the best from a tough situation
Damar Hamlin's collapse during Monday Night Football created a difficult situation for ESPN, but the network largely rose to the challenge. → Read More
5 Under the Radar Sports Media Stories for 2023
From F1's continued rise to baseball searching for relevance, here are five under the radar sports media stories to watch this year. → Read More
Top Ten Sports Media Stories of 2023
Could the NBA leave TNT or ESPN?, will LIV find a home, and will streaming add more live sports in 2023? We look into our crystal ball. → Read More
Scripps needs to rebuild ION Television for Scripps Sports to succeed
Two-plus years ago when E.W. Scripps (which had financial backing of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway) acquired ION Media Networks, it came at a rather fascinating time for televised sports. Of course, most eyes were on Sinclair and how the development of its newly acquired regional sports networks would play a role in future negotiations with Read more... → Read More
Tennis Channel president Ken Solomon talks 'RIVALS: Ohio State vs. Michigan' documentary
Awful Announcing sat down with Tennis Channel president Ken Solomon about 'RIVALS: Ohio State vs. Michigan,' Sinclair's newest documentary. → Read More
Can Peacock's late fuel boost to 'Race to the Championship' actually help NASCAR's playoffs?
Imagine if one of the major male sports leagues had created its own version of the wildly successful Formula 1: Drive to Survive series on Netflix only to barely register to the hardcore fans, let alone the average sports fan, for a myriad of reasons. That’s what has happened with a docuseries both NASCAR and broadcasting Read more... → Read More
Who else will benefit from Amazon's TNF deal with the NFL?
The NFL’s streaming ambitions could not have been made any clearer in recent months. Its Plus service may still leave much to be desired, but moving its vagabond Thursday Night Football package to Amazon’s Prime Video service has already made a massive impact, one felt long before its apparently successful regular season debut. Amazon now Read more... → Read More
Producer Sarah Allen talks upcoming Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf documentary 'Stand'
Sarah Allen, a producer on 'Stand,' spoke to AA on the documentary on Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf's career and anthem protest. → Read More
Which smaller sports streamers could be swallowed up by larger ones?
The seemingly unending growth of streaming services has come to a halt, or at least a significant slowdown. Netflix is losing subscribers and to hemorrhage itself, the world’s most popular streaming service will introduce an ad-supported subscription option at the end of this year. Hulu could finally be sacrificed as Disney emphasizes Disney+ and ESPN+. Read more... → Read More
Start times for the NBA Finals are harder to defend after the Stanley Cup Final
ABC started their Stanley Cup Finals broadcasts much earlier than their NBA Finals broadcasts, a boon for Eastern Time viewers. → Read More
The NFL's 2017 ratings slide was mainly fueled by white viewers and younger viewers
It was reported by Ad Age’s Anthony Crupi that the NFL lineal viewership during the just-ended 2017 regular season had declined by about 10% versus the year before. Of course, in the non-stop mainstream coverage of the league’s ratings woes over the past two seasons, there have been countless theories posited about why the numbers Read more... → Read More
The Dallas Cowboys are a force unmatched in the NFL's national ratings
The NFL, at its core, is a regional endeavor, but with great national interest thanks to its appointment viewing nature – a short schedule front-loaded at the start of every week, with two-three games scheduled in primetime, depending on the time of year. While you can find a segment of fans for just about any Read more... → Read More
Viewership through Week 4 shows just about everyone is mad at the NFL
It seems like everyone is mad at the NFL, whether you are young and old, male or female, and just about any ethnic identity you could think of. Pick a reason – game quality, protests during the national anthem, support for exiled quarterbacks, support for the President – and it will likely be used as Read more... → Read More
How viable is the #NFLBlackout in relation to the league's black viewership?
With the continued anger about the lack of interest in Colin Kaepernick from NFL teams, as well as the questionable reasoning for why he remains unsigned, there has been a steady stream of condemnation of the NFL from some black fans. Many have said that they will boycott the NFL, whether through not buying tickets, Read more... → Read More
NFL viewership fell in nearly all demographics and all regions in 2016
Viewership of this past weekend’s Wild Card playoff games should have been a boost for the NFL as it continues to work through a relatively challenging regular season. Yet if the reported overnights are any indication, the league will be expecting some postseason declines as well unless either the Dallas Cowboys or the resurgent Green Read more... → Read More
NFL viewership slipping among females of most demographics
For the last fifteen years, the NATIONAL FOOTBA… sorry, the NFL has been the beneficiary of tremendous growth in television viewership, much in large part of the growth of the female fan base. Week after week, you’ve seen reports of how “the NFL is king” to the point that even saying the words “the NFL … → Read More