{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Exitwise Productions","title":"The Wise Exit | Buying SPORT Magazine| Wayne Parrish","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1880,"description":"EPISODE 62: THIS WEEK'S GUEST - WAYNE PARRISH\nIn this episode, Wayne talks about:\nHis early beginnings as a student journalist at the University of British Columbia\nBecoming the CEO of Canada Basketball and his relationship with Jerry Colangelo\nA history lesson of SPORT Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Sports Insider, and ESPN The Magazine\nHow he purchased the most significant collection of images related to 20th century sport anywhere in the world\nFinding the next owner for The Sport Collection\n\nGUEST BIO:\nWayne Parrish is an award-winning reporter, editor and digital media leader with a passion for sports and journalism.   Wayne, who has won two National Newspaper Awards as a sports reporter at the Star in the early 1980s, has held executive leadership positions at Postmedia Network, Quebecor and Sun Media.\nHe was CEO of Canada Basketball for eight years. And most recently, he worked on digital transformation and merger-acquisition media projects in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Australia with FTI Consulting Inc.\nParrish’s digital experience includes launching CANOE, which became Canada’s premiere internet network-portal and top news and information site for more than a decade.\nHe launched Postmedia’s digital subscription program, consulted on a sports-only digital subscription business in the U.S., and developed the new media unit of Quebecor.\nWayne and partner, Marc Appleman, also own The Sport Collection, the largest collection of images related to 20th century sport anywhere in the world.\nWHERE TO FIND WAYNE PARRISH:\nLinkedIn\nEPISODE REFERENCE AND READING MATERIAL:\nThe Air Up There: How Canadian basketball has grown and where it’s headed\nThe Sport Gallery (Toronto Location)\nSPORT Media Entertainment\nThe Wise Exit is an Exitwise Production. Are you a business owner looking to sell your business faster, for more, and with less complexity? Learn how Exitwise's founder-led team helps you maximize your exit value and simplifies the M&A process: https://exitwise.com/ ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kqLXcfQkTy9HseHP4Vc-qeq0XdZG0N4iHaTw712bSUY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZWEw/ZTU4ZGRlMGUwZDJk/MTM0YTA5OWQ4Yjk1/ZDQ0Yy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}