Austin Karp

Solid crowd for the ACC Baseball Championship here in Charlotte. Filling in nicely for Georgia Tech-North Carolina title matchup

Heading into the Indianapolis 500, Fox Sports’ viewership for the IndyCar Series is up 32% this season. Fox analyst Townsend Bell talked to me about how big the network’s investment in the production has been. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

NEW PODCAST: Sports Media Roundtable. The guests are @AustinKarp & @paulsen_smw Topics: Can Victor Wembanyama follow LeBron James and Steph Curry as the NBA's top media draw; how valuable are the NFL's international games; the NHL's TV windows/more. swap.fm/l/4apy5A6FmakG…

NBC having no problem with San Antonio and Oklahoma City being smaller markets in the NBA Western Conference Finals. Game 2 delivered 10.1 million viewers, which is the best NBA Conference Finals Game 2 ever (either conference) Wemby proving to be an early needle mover

Kind of amazing it's been this long, but on Monday (Memorial Day), the @Yankees and @nyknicks will both be playing on ESPN on the same day for the first time since 2017. Yanks-Royals at 340pm ET Knicks-Cavs at 8pm ET

“These numbers are not Nielsen-rated. But they’re what we have to go on” — Mr. John Ourand, on the @MostVpromotions / @netflix numbers pushed for Rousey-Carano

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 ranked No. 4 in SBJ’s Best Sports Business Cities study after scoring the second-highest net-positive rate 👑 The city also has $1.1 billion in recent or ongoing venue construction and major events coming this summer, including the MLS All-Star Game and World Rugby Nations Cup. MORE: ow.ly/6TEU50Z14oS

The NHL stayed on a roll through the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference semifinals averaged 1.9 million viewers in the U.S., +55% from 2025 (ESPN/ESPN2/TNT/truTV/TBS) Toss in Canadian numbers and the NHL has its best North American average on record after 2 rounds

YES Net, OTT Advisors extend streaming deal into sixth year @AustinKarp sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

Change coming next month when TNT starts its NASCAR coverage, as Marty Smith will handle studio hosting role (still with ESPN as well) sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

Interesting new agency collaboration between Excel Sports and WIN Sports sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

"I love our hand" Top ESPN NBA producer Tim Corrigan is excited about what the network is bringing to the table for the Knicks-Cavaliers Eastern Conference Finals. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

SPORTS MEDIA NEWS: NBC Sports has hired Dave Flemming as a play-by-play voice for MLB Sunday Leadoff games on Peacock and NBCSN. He will continue to call @SFGiants games. First call for NBC Sports is @Pirates-@BlueJays this Sunday on Peacock/NBCSN. For @SBJ: sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

20-year anniversary for FloSports. Co-founder & CEO Mark Floreani chatted about big milestones, learning moments and what’s next sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

NASCAR pumps the brakes on using Nielsen Big Data for race audience measurement. Swaps back to panel-only data — for now. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

@AdamSchefter As first reported by @SBJ's Ben Fischer: x.com/SBJ/status/205…

Pretty much how I want all my salads to look.

Center Stage: Sports plays starring role for networks at upfronts sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…

Your top two game audiences in NBA regular season? Yeah it was Thunder-Spurs and Knicks-Cavaliers sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/…