ESPN’s Sage Steele leaves ESPN to ‘exercise my first amendment rights more freely’
Steele is leaving ESPN after 16 years at the network and a lengthy legal battle.
Steele is leaving ESPN after 16 years at the network and a lengthy legal battle.
Add a litany of tech companies to the list of possible “strategic partners” for ESPN. Per the New...
The pair of consultants both served in high-profile roles at Disney in the past.
"The [traditional TV] model has been very good to Disney."
Disney CEO Bob Iger received criticism for attending NBA games amid the company's mass layoffs according to the Wall Street Journal.
John Ourand of Sports Business Journal found, after consultation with sources, that private equity seems likely to be the "strategic partner" ESPN might work with.
"Disney cannot purchase their employee’s constitutional rights no matter how powerful they think they are"
"After the recent layoffs and organizational decisions from Disney/ABC News, the team is officially no longer maintaining or supporting our sports forecasts."
"We believe that a sports-only streaming app is a tough model and that sports integrated in a general entertainment service a la Peacock or Paramount Plus makes more sense."
The potential cable home would be FX, not ESPN.
Mike Breen does his best to rein Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy in
This year's broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix produced the third-largest Formula One live audience ever in the United States.
Twitter and Facebook posts from Variety on their story on Sage Steele's lawsuit identified her as a "former ESPN anchor," which is not the current situation.
Consumers could perhaps buy access to ESPN's main linear feed over the top as early as 2025.
"Mickey, he's a passive-aggressive M-Fer."
"My contract is up soon and I expect that I'll be leaving at the end of it."
"Remember, I went to school in Florida, so if anybody knows Disney World, it’s me."
This looks to be the first of three waves of ESPN layoffs, with another one also focusing not on on-air talent by the summer, followed by cutbacks to on-air talent.
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"I love my job at the NBA. I have no intention of going anywhere."
XFL co-owners Johnson and Dany Garcia discussed the league's ratings and more with USA Today.
The NBA commissioner is notably among a list of names already being put forward as Bob Iger's next successor.