Making Media
Episode 60 Undisputed Media Lessons
Making Media

Episode 60: Undisputed Media Lessons

Making Media

Episode 60

Undisputed Media Lessons

Mike Stricoff is a Consultant and the former head of Sports Content at Snap. We cover the experience of launching Undisputed at Fox Sports, leading sports and gaming at Snap, and the opportunity for investing in content businesses.

(00:00:00) - Welcome to Making Media

(00:02:15) - Behind the Scenes of The Launch of Undisputed

(00:04:00) - The Art of Personality-Driven Media

(00:08:18) - Catering to The Host Vs The Audience

(00:13:38) - Fostering Chemistry Between Co-Hosts 

(00:17:51) - Mike’s Experience Launching FS1

(00:21:48) - Mike’s Transition to Snap & A New Frontier in Sports Content

(00:31:05) - The Pros and Cons of Algorithm-Driven Content

(00:34:48) - The Evolution of Content Creators From Traditional Media to YouTube Stars

(00:39:06) - Advice for Aspiring Content Creators

(00:40:40) - Bridging Creators with the Investment World

(00:45:16) - Debrief

 

Undisputed Media Lessons

Introduction

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Welcome back to Making Media. Our guest today is a sports media veteran Mike Stricoff. Mike spent a decade producing live sports talk on national TV, first working at MLBN before moving to FOX Sports where he helped launch Undisputed. Mike worked on that show alongside Skip Bayless, Shannon Sharpe and others as the main line producer.

In 2017, he left national TV for tech, going to work at Snap where he led their sports and gaming content. More recently, he's launched his own business, connecting investors and content producers, and he also works as an adviser to many digital media companies.

Matt and I tap into all of this experience in a fascinating discussion that centers around personality-driven media businesses and how that's evolved, both at the national scale and also at the independent creator level. Please enjoy this discussion with Mike and stick around at the end for our debrief.

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