Sports Media With Richard Deitsch

Episode 295 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN national NHL reporter Ryan Clark and Austin Karp, managing editor/digital of Sports Business Journal. In this podcast, Clark discusses the league’s biggest storylines for the postseason; how a national writer decides on what to cover for the postseason; how much the ESPN name carries weight in hockey; being based in Seattle; the teams that are press friendly; how the war in Ukraine has impacted the season; Pride Night; Stanley Cup predictions; and more. Karp discusses the second season of the media rights deal the NHL has with Warner Bros. Discovery and ABC and ESPN; ABC/ESPN averaging 583,000 viewers for its regular season; how that number jumps when you exclude NHL vs. NFL windows; ABC’s NHL viewership; TNT averaging 364,000 viewers for its regular season games; what the numbers mean in context; the best Final matchup based on viewership, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about