Erin Ruane was vice president of content acquisition at Netflix for more than a decade, participating in the formulation and execution of the company’s strategy, from the launch of the streaming service, international, pricing and culture. Her responsibilities included negotiating and managing all studio relationships, over $350 million in annual spend. J ... Show More
Nov 21
UP518 Inside Edge: Harry Brook, George Pyne and the cricket agent business
<p>Inside Edge is our series on the business of cricket, presented with co-host Mike Jakeman. </p><p>Our guest is Phil Weston, head of cricket at TGI Sport, the agency owned jointly by George Pyne's Bruin Sports Capital and Quadrant Private Equity. </p><p>England star Harry ... Show More
53m 4s
Nov 18
UP517 The Mark Oliver Heatmap: Global sport's investment hotspots
<p>Mark Oliver was the BBC's first head of strategy before creating Oliver and Ohlbaum in 1995, which remains one of the most influential media advisory boutiques in the market, with clients ranging from sports leagues and federations to media companies, tech platforms, vent ... Show More
45m 27s
Nov 2023
Sports Podcasting On A National Level
“Think of our NFL network, it’s 38 podcasts. To source 38 podcasts, you don’t want eight different publishers and 38 different onboarding calls and invoices - it can be a nightmare. So for us, we like to just make it as easy for an advertiser as possible to activate with those mi ... Show More
44m 24s
Apr 2022
How To Build A 700,000 Subscriber Newsletter with The Gist’s Ellen Hyslop
Did you know that less than 14% of sports journalists are female? Or that less than 4% of sports coverage is on female athletes? In 2019, three college friends — Jacie deHoop, Ellen Hyslop and Roslyn McLarty — founded The GIST after noticing that there wasn’t a hub for female spo ... Show More
28m 36s
Oct 2022
Innovation in the sports bar business
The sports bar space is teeming with new developments like indoor mini-golf, soccer, and pickleball. And the drinks are optional. Plus: Inflation jumps…again, Noom lays off 10%, Google’s next initiative - Project Starline, and more.
Join our hosts Zachary Crockett and Juliet Benn ... Show More
11m 24s
Feb 2023
What's happened since Melbourne?
New blood is the talk of the pod this week. Alycia Parks, Wu Yibing and Artur Fils are at embryonic stages of their careers, but goodness me they are exciting. We talk about why, cover all of the main results and news stories that have taken place since The Australian Open, and g ... Show More
1h 10m