{"id":598944,"date":"2026-04-11T00:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598944\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:18:13","slug":"athletes-firsts-gideon-cohen-on-mlb-talent-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598944\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes First\u2019s Gideon Cohen on MLB talent moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-media \">On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/04\/09\/sport-media-pod-the-masters-athletes-firsts-gideon-cohen\/?issueId=4XW474WHCNCWBHDSHDQXPSP2TA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/04\/09\/sport-media-pod-the-masters-athletes-firsts-gideon-cohen\/?issueId=4XW474WHCNCWBHDSHDQXPSP2TA\">this week\u2019s Sports Media Podcast<\/a>, Athletes First\u2019s Gideon Cohen breaks down MLB\u2019s recent success &#8212; and why the league\u2019s momentum still matters in an increasingly crowded sports media landscape. Cohen discusses how MLB has benefited from rule changes, faster pace of play, and a new generation of marketable stars, helping the sport reassert itself with fans, broadcasters, and brands. He also explains why baseball\u2019s blend of tradition and innovation has made it attractive across multiple platforms, from national TV windows to streaming and digital storytelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this week\u2019s Sports Media Podcast, Athletes First\u2019s Gideon Cohen breaks down MLB\u2019s recent success &#8212; and why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-598944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}