Demetri Ravanos

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Demetri Ravanos is a former columnist and editor for Barrett Media. He is the creator of The Sports Podcast Festival, and a previous host of the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas in addition to hosting Panthers and College Football podcasts. His radio resume includes stops at WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos or reach him by email at DemetriTheGreek@gmail.com.

Sports Radio’s Mistake From the User Generated Content Boom

“When everything’s a math problem, creativity and quality don’t matter. If creativity and quality don’t matter, then why employ anyone at all?”

SNL50 Presented The Best Way To Celebrate Your Brand

“Saturday Night Live celebrated itself and its influence by reminding its biggest fans what it does best and by showing everyone what they fell in love with in the first place.”

Super Bowl Week Showcased Sports Media’s Future Stars

“Super Bowl week gave all of those shows, their producers and their bosses a look at who may be ready to break out on television when their playing days are done.”

FOX Sports, and the NFL Do Not Care About Tom Brady Criticism

“All either of them wants from Brady is star power, and he has that in droves.”

Is Market Mobility Still a Thing in Sports Radio?

Market mobility, when it existed, was the sign of a company and boss that took an interest in what came out of their listeners’ speakers.

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Spotify Launches Reserved Ticketing Feature With Live Nation, Ticketmaster

"Offers surface on the Home screen, in push notifications, and inside Your Updates."

Jeremy Boreing: I Don’t Regret Not Selling The Daily Wire to Fox News

"Of course, it would have ended better for me if we had sold in 2023 or 2020, financially."

YouTube Reportedly Walked Away From NFL Package Of Games After League Pulled Season Opener In Australia

"It’s such a laborious process whenever I pitch them. I really do believe that they’re genuinely just trying to figure out if they want to be in the live rights game or not."

The Secret Sauce: Skip Dillard on Programming with Purpose

"These young people, if you really listen to them, they can give us hope, they can give us strength, because they're moving beyond the divisions, they're moving beyond race."