‘Marchand and Ourand Podcast’ Episode 101: ESPN and Fox talent battle, plus The Big Get Matthew Berry

Fantasy guru Matthew Berry joins the pod this week only a week after information broke that he raised $2 million for his Fantasy Life with an all-star roster of buyers together with everybody from Casey Wasserman and Tony Khan to Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.

Berry discusses his move from ESPN to NBC and the way he rode the rise of fantasy sports activities to create a profession. A pupil of the sports activities media enterprise, Berry opined on his ideas of the place the enterprise is headed and the way at this time’s sports activities media stars can amass audiences.

Hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand focus on the most important sports activities media information of the day: ESPN’s resolution to half methods with Lee Becoming, the chief behind the huge success of Faculty GameDay.

Becoming oversaw the manufacturing behind all faculty and professional soccer on the community.

Marchand and Ourand focus on daytime studio adjustments at ESPN and Fox exhibits “First Take” and “Undisputed.”

The 2 hosts additionally spotlight reader suggestions from their common disagreement over Amazon’s and Apple’s curiosity in sports activities media.