By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
As if to show just how serious they are about being an Internet player, WEEI.com today (8/18/08) announces the addition of Deadspin founder, Will Leitch, to its rapidly expanding line-up of writers. Leitch - tabbed as “The Outsider” - will write twice-monthly (every other Wednesday) for the site and [...]

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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 in total, [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
With a week to digest the rather compelling WEEI.com news that Shots led the way on late last week, it’s clearly time for a Winners and Losers edition of “As the Boston Sports Media Market Turns”:
WINNER
Glenn Ordway
The biggest - in every sense - winner is none other than [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
DEVELOPING STORY:
In what could very well be a death knell for the struggling all-sports talk radio also-ran in the Boston market, ESPN 890 AM’s General Manager Jessamy Tang sent the following memo to employees earlier this afternoon:
“Due to Mike Felger’s obligations to Comcast Sports Net, he cannot continue as [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
In an unprecedented move for the Boston market, Boston Herald Red Sox reporter Rob Bradford is leaving the paper and will head up the burgeoning dot-com staff at the soon-to-be re-launched and re-focused WEEI.com, several sources have confirmed to Scott’s Shots.
WEEI.com’s Vice President/General Manager Tim Murphy would only say to [...]

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