MLB expects to surpass expiring ESPN rights fee with new deals
The combined annual value of the various deals MLB is negotiating is now expected to exceed the expiring ESPN contract...
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ESPN reportedly gets MLB.tv, local rights, and exclusive national games in MLB deal
ESPN is on the doorstep of a deal to acquire extensive local MLB rights -- while keeping a healthy slate...
News: WWE-ESPN, John Wall, LIV Golf and more
WWE PLEs are coming to ESPN earlier than anticipated; John Wall is joining Amazon's Prime Video as an analyst; and...
ESPN entering next era as app readies for relaunch
Weeks shy of its 46th anniversary, ESPN is on the doorstep of what by all accounts is a seminal occurrence...
Apple, under contract through 2028, said to lose Friday MLB package to NBC
The year-long game of MLB media rights musical chairs could end up with Apple unexpectedly out of the mix.
ABC has its most-watched WNBA season
Caitlin Clark played just enough ABC games to help the network to its most-watched WNBA regular season.
News: ESPN+ NFL, “Deestroying,” Phil Simms and more
ESPN is pulling the last exclusive NFL game from its ESPN+ service.
Monday musings: Can the Netflix ‘event’ strategy work for anyone else?
On Monday Musings, a look at the Netflix event strategy and whether other media companies will follow suit.
News: MLB media rights, Versant, Rich Eisen and more
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred discusses league media rights; Versant is branding sports content on USA Network and Golf Channel; and...
On the Air: An appreciation of the late John Saunders
A look back at John Saunders a little more than nine years after his passing.
