Awful Announcing
"Apollo's talks with James' multimedia platform have focused on a strategic partnership deal that could see James contributing and advising on content for the networks."
This is a pairing we did not expect to see involved in the bidding for the Fox RSNs.
Meet the new Fox, same as the old Fox?
There are a whole lot of bidders in the mix for these regional sports networks.
Comcast, meanwhile, once again says it had no interest buying the Fox assets at Disney's price.
If Disney sells the Fox RSNs separately, that might get even more players involved in the bidding.
Disney has agreed to sell the 22 Fox RSNs in order to gain DOJ approval for the rest of the Fox assets in question. There should be plenty of interested buyers.
Six years after selling Fox a minority stake in YES and four years after giving them majority control, the Yankees might be exercising an option to buy YES back at an even higher price.
Will Fox go for Comcast's higher bid, and their argument that antitrust regulators won't be too worried by it?
There's a chance sports plays an even bigger role at the new version of Fox.
