James Pitaro
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Sep 13, 2026
Peter SchragerGUEST
So like, I, I love all sports, and the, the goal is gonna be hitting on all sports, and not from this we have to do it or check the box because ESPN is showing it, but because it's, it's interesting to me, and I'm curious about it.
Peter SchragerGUEST
You know, Burke Magnus, who has been very instrumental, um, in this version of ESPN, and Mike Foss, and Jimmy Pitaro, of course, these guys are sports fans, and like, Burke is a huge lacrosse person.
Peter SchragerGUEST
So like, he, he wants to talk lacrosse.
Peter SchragerGUEST
I'm, personally, my-- I don't have a big background in lacrosse, but I'm interested in it, and if lacrosse is a topic that comes up, I'd like to tackle that.
Suzy KolberGUEST
This is coming from inside." So I'm not shocked.
Suzy KolberGUEST
I did about a week before, I asked Jimmy Pitaro, president of the company, if we could talk.
Suzy KolberGUEST
I always think he's very gracious.
Suzy KolberGUEST
Um, he did not BS me.
Marc GanisGUEST
We have people who are very relevant to our industry.
Marc GanisGUEST
You know, Jimmy Pitaro from ESPN, Eric Shanks from Fox.
Marc GanisGUEST
You know, people like Jerry Cardinal from Redbird.
Marc GanisGUEST
So it's a, you know, we have a person from Nike on there.
John OurandHOST
Here's a question that I get all the time from people, both inside the business and outside of the business, is, uh, uh, look, Burke Magnus is a smart guy.
John OurandHOST
Jimmy Pitaro is a smart guy.
John OurandHOST
Uh, how is s- how is paying Pat McAfee $65 million a year worth it to ESPN? How do you make that money back?
Andrew MarchandGUEST
I mean, are you gonna, you should probably should have, uh, Jimmy Pitaro or Burke Magnus on, I would say, to answer that.
Andrew MarchandGUEST
[laughs] I mean, to me-
John OurandHOST
[laughs]
David ShoemakerHOST
Nobody at ESPN in 2026 is shit talking.
David ShoemakerHOST
It's, nobody's, nobody's trying to get Jimmy Pitaro fired.
David ShoemakerHOST
Well, th- this is not gonna get Jimmy Pitaro fired.
David ShoemakerHOST
And w- and what other, what other, what other politics game are you playing right now? Nobody is talking about the WWE deal.
David ShoemakerHOST
Nobody is leaking this except for fucking mark intern or assistant who wants to see the story that they leaked to BJ Bethel get onto Ringside News.
Joel AndersonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Brian CurtisHOST
Led by Jimmy Pitaro.
Joel AndersonHOST
I mean, there's not ...
Joel AndersonHOST
If, if you look at it as the institution, there's not gonna be anything more influential than them because they have so many of the, the game rights.
Rece DavisGUEST
It's just like what you would expect with a bunch of friends doing something that they, that they really enjoy.
Austin KarpHOST
All right, I'm gonna give you Jimmy Pitaro's job for a day.
Austin KarpHOST
You have to pick one event to bring over to ESPN.
Austin KarpHOST
Is it the FIFA World Cup or NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament?
Matt JonesHOST
But do you agree? If you were asked in the meeting, "What is your take?" what would you say?
Myron MedcalfHOST
I'd say, "What is Jimmy Pitaro's take?"
Matt JonesHOST
[laughs]
Myron MedcalfHOST
Because that's, that's why we're all here in the meeting, right? I mean, that's kind of what we're doing.
Myron MedcalfHOST
Me too.
Matt JonesHOST
And that way you can hear different voices.
Matt JonesHOST
That's what leaders w- like, leaders like Jimmy Pitaro, that's what they would want.
Myron MedcalfHOST
Yeah, and I, I'm, I'm not a yes-man, but I'm...
Tom MerrittHOST
[laughs] Yes, exactly.
Tom MerrittHOST
Um, s- they asked about sports, like is sports in a ratings bubble, and of course Jimmy Pitaro from ESPN said no. Um, but Brian Fuhrer from Nielsen said, "It's really important to understand that Nielsen has made some methodological improvements that impact sports and everything in general, but in particular sports.
Tom MerrittHOST
The number one thing there is we've expanded our out-of-home measurement.
Tom MerrittHOST
Home markets are super important to sports rates, so we have seen increases directly attributable to that enhancement that we expect to continue, but we won't see a big year-to-year bump." So they're saying, yes, we did see a big bump, but Nielsen's saying one of the reasons we did it is 'cause now when you watch in the bar, it counts, and it didn't used to.
Eben Novy-WilliamsHOST
... um, but yeah, it's not-
Scott SoshnickHOST
Good talking to Pitaro
Eben Novy-WilliamsHOST
... th- this is not, it's not the, the massive commercial engine that I was expecting.
Scott SoshnickHOST
Coming soon to Netflix, the Little League World Series.
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