EPISODE 62: THIS WEEK'S GUEST - WAYNE PARRISH

In this episode, Wayne talks about:

• His early beginnings as a student journalist at the University of British Columbia
• Becoming the CEO of Canada Basketball and his relationship with Jerry Colangelo
• A history lesson of SPORT Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Sports Insider, and ESPN The Magazine
• How he purchased the most significant collection of images related to 20th century sport anywhere in the world
• Finding the next owner for The Sport Collection

GUEST BIO:
Wayne 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.

He 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.

Parrish’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.

He 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.

Wayne and partner, Marc Appleman, also own The Sport Collection, the largest collection of images related to 20th century sport anywhere in the world.

WHERE TO FIND WAYNE PARRISH:
LinkedIn

EPISODE REFERENCE AND READING MATERIAL:
The Air Up There: How Canadian basketball has grown and where it’s headed
The Sport Gallery (Toronto Location)
SPORT Media Entertainment