The Ringer’s Press Box with Bryan Curtis - [Making Media, EP.43]

The Ringer’s Press Box with Bryan Curtis - [Making Media, EP.43]

Author: Colossus | Investing & Business Podcasts October 26, 2023 Duration: 58:22
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We are joined today by Bryan Curtis, Editor-at-Large at The Ringer. Bryan writes excellent columns on theringer.com and hosts The Press Box, which happens to be the show with our favorite podcast episode of this past year. We gushed with Bryan over that particular podcast episode with Wright Thompson and we also hit on a wide range of media topics: writing versus podcasting, streaming versus linear, and searching for those water cooler events. We had a ton of fun during this one - please enjoy our conversation with Bryan. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here. ----- Making Media is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Making Media, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @ReustleMatt | @domcooke | @MakingMediaPod | @JoinColossus  Show Notes (00:02:00) - Exploring the role of Editor-at-Large (00:03:15) - The factors influencing the prioritization of writing (00:06:50) - Building chemistry with co-hosts and guests (00:08:35) - Experiences working at ESPN (00:12:00) - Predicting the future of sports media (00:13:30) - The Ringer's independence within Spotify (00:16:00) - Risks associated with cable channels transitioning to streaming (00:18:15) - The essential attributes of a successful podcaster (00:20:00) - Comparing podcasting to radio (00:22:55) - The benefits of appointment-based viewing (00:23:45) - Incorporating video into podcasting (00:27:53) - The reception towards One Perfect Story (00:34:45) - Where long-form media will be in the future (00:36:45) - Internal focus versus metrics-driven approaches (00:40:00) - Balancing media consumption while also working in the media industry (00:41:30) - Lessons learned from working with Bill Simmons (00:44:15) - Characteristics of the perfect media content

Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke have spent years analyzing companies as investors, but found themselves drawn into a new, messy, and fascinating world: building a media company from the ground up. Their Making Media podcast, from Colossus | Investing & Business Podcasts, is the raw audio journal of that transition. Instead of theory, you get the real-time experiments, stumbles, and occasional breakthroughs of two practitioners who are actively trying to construct something lasting. Each conversation pulls back the curtain with seasoned media operators who have navigated these waters, offering hard-won tactical advice rarely shared publicly. Between these interviews, Matt and Dom hold themselves accountable, documenting the progress of their own ventures and breaking down the books, articles, and interviews that shape their thinking. The underlying mission gives this business and entrepreneurship podcast its pulse: a genuine fight to create substantive, long-form content in an economy increasingly optimized for fleeting clicks. For anyone curious about the operational realities of publishing, audience building, and sustainable creation, this series feels like getting a direct feed from the workshop floor, where ideas are forged into tangible assets.
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