Warner Bros. Discovery

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Angela Ruggiero, co-founder and chief executive of Massachusetts-based Sports Innovation Lab. Fisher and Russo also discuss the rebirth of American football entity the United States Football League, the beginning of operations for the newly merged media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Major League Baseball’s renewed streaming deal with YouTube, the upcoming 2022 National Football League Draft in Las Vegas, Nevada, and billionaire Elon Musk’s unsolicited $43bn (€34.3bn) bid to acquire social media platform Twitter.

WarnerMedia-Discovery merger formally closes, creating one of the largest media entities based in the US