‘Marchand and Ourand’ podcast: Jay Marine of Amazon on the NBA, NFL and future of sports

The head of Amazon’s global sports Jay Marine joins the pod this week to discuss the company’s sports strategy and how it uses sports to grow its Prime Video business.

Marine opens up to hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand about Amazon’s NBA negotiations, saying that Amazon wants to have meaningful games – including playoffs – on Amazon Prime.

Marine also provides updates on Amazon’s negotiations to get NASCAR rights and CFP rights, and offers a preview to what viewers can expect during the NFL’s first Black Friday game.

Marchand and Ourand offer their picks for who is up in sports media, and who is down in sports media.