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The Coverage: Thursday Briefing

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the Coverage Briefing, sports media consumers. I’ll see how Thursday goes, since my week starts hecticly as I juggle work and the gym. It may work, it may not, but I can only try. This week has been both good and bad in sports media here and overseas, with a […]

By Josh Mercer

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026

Sports Media

The Coverage: Better Late Than Never

We are back, sports media consumers; welcome to The Coverage: Better Late Than Never. If you’re new here, welcome. My name is Josh Mercer, better known as Merce. I listen to plenty of sports media podcasts and read a lot of sports media and general media columns and articles, so I thought it was a […]

By Josh Mercer

October 19, 2026October 19, 2026

Pop Culture

Spotify layoffs see The Ringer impacted

Spotify recently announced layoffs in its podcast group, resulting in staff being let go from The Ringer and Spotify Studios. According to both Variety and Awful Announcing, 15 staff members have been affected, with The Ringer’s staff writer Miles Surrey and Special Projects Lead Andrew Gruttadaro both taking to Twitter and X to announce their […]

By Josh Mercer

March 24, 2026March 28, 2026