The 2008 Shotties – NESN and Globe Rift Widening; Ordway Losing Bargaining Power Daily

Dec 30 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Adam Kilgore, Alex Speier, Bill Simmons, Bob Halloran, Bob Lobel, Bob Ryan, Boston Herald, Christopher L. Gasper, Christopher Price, CN8's "Out of Bounds", Comcast SportsNet, CoverItLive, Dan Pires, Entercom, ESPN, Globe, Hazel Mae, Herald, Jeff Horrigan, Jesamy Tang, Joe Haggerty, Joe Sullivan, John Tomase, Kevin O'Connell's Tiny Member, Laura Behnke, Lou Merloni, Michael Felger, Michael Wilbon, Mike Petraglia, Mike Reiss, Mustard and Johnson, NECN, NESN, Pete Sheppard, Rob Bradford, Ron Borges, Shots, Tim Murphy, WEEI, WEEI 850 AM, WEEI.com, Will Leitch

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch In truth I can’t really afford to be coming out of my “book nook” for any amount of time, but two ongoing stories in Boston sports media need some assessing and Shots realizes it’s our official duty to analyze both (and some bonus topics for the new year). [...]

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WEEI.com Forges Forward; A Gerry Callahan Classic from 17 Years Ago

Sep 04 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Adam Kilgore, Amalie Benjamin, Bob Ryan, Boston Herald, Christopher Price, ESPN, Globe, Gordon Edes, Heidi Watney, Herald, Jessica Heslam, Michael Felger, NESN, Ron Borges, Shots, Tony Massarotti, WEEI, WEEI.com

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch The rapid evolution of WEEI.com continues and we’re not even a month into the new incarnation. Content has been bountiful, integration with the radio side has been almost seamless (see: the John Dennis ‘scoop’ from Wednesday AND the dot-com branded Saturday morning show) and there’s even big-name sponsors [...]

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ESPN 890 Officially Announces New Line-up; P.D. Weiner Calls It “New Day” For Market’s Also-ran

Aug 11 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Bob Halloran, Entercom, Jesamy Tang, Michael Felger, Mike Salk, Shots, WEEI, WEEI.com

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch Local sports talk station, 890 ESPN has officially announced the changes which have been reported here at Scott’s Shots in recent weeks. The release from 890 follows and clears up some my confusion over the afternoon drive times (there’s a noon-2 p.m. slot and a 4-6 p.m., meaning [...]

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Monday Morning Media Matters – Edes Debuts at The Y!; NBC Discloses What ESPN Won’t

Aug 10 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Dan Shaughnessy, Globe, Gordon Edes, Michael Felger, Mike Reiss, Mike Salk, Shots, WEEI

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch Response was pretty positive to last week’s Monday offering, so we’ll keep it going as long as you keep the dialogue running. (Shots’ Loyalists will recall the days when we dutifully dissected the Sunday night show on Mondays with regularity. At some point, we realized that no one’s [...]

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Rumblings and Bumblings in Foxborough

Aug 07 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Bob Ryan, Chris Mchugh, Christopher Price, Globe, John Tomase, Rob Bradford, Shots

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch FOXBOROUGH – An opportune visit to the House of Tom on Thursday night showed us two very evident storylines developing in Patriots’s media land: 1. There’s going to be some shake-up in Pats’ beat once the Herald and sports editor Hank Hryniewicz settle on a hire for this [...]

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Weekend Re-Cap; 890 Settles on Midday Hosts

Aug 03 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Bob Halloran, Dan Shaughnessy, Jesamy Tang, Mike Salk, Radio, Shots, WEEI.com

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch Shots unveils a potential regular Monday feature today with a look back at some of the items and happenings you may have missed over the weekend. But first, some developing news from ESPN 890 AM, as the station is set to announce its new hosts for the weekday [...]

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Manny Madness Sets Gammo Off; 890 Fighting On

Jul 31 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Doug Bailey, ESPN, Jesamy Tang, Lou Merloni, Michael Felger, Nick Cafardo, Peter Gammons, Radio, Shots, WEEI

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch Manny Mania reached epic levels on Thursday and the most blatant example of the Man Love came when the Globe’s Amalie Benjamin posted at 10:52 a.m. that nothing new had developed, followed nine minutes later by teammate Nick Cafardo confirming that indeed, nothing new had developed. (“Talks Still [...]