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

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