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ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro says there’s no NFL Sunday Ticket deal yet, but they’ve had “exploratory conversations” on it
"When the league is ready, we're interested in having that conversation with them."
ESPN Black employees talk to New York Times about network’s lack of diversity behind the scenes
A recent incident involving broadcaster Dave Lamont highlighted tensions at the network.
With Kevin Mayer leaving Disney for TikTok, ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro has added direct reports and seems in a stronger position
Rita Ferro and Justin Connolly previously reported to Mayer; they'll now report to Pitaro and Peter Rice.
ESPN shift sees The Undefeated EIC Kevin Merida now reporting directly to Jimmy Pitaro, with that site’s coverage expanding
Four years after its launch, The Undefeated is set for a further expansion, and EIC and senior vice president Kevin Merida will now report directly to ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro.
Dan Le Batard will reportedly now “check with higher-ups” before discussing political issues
"If Le Batard feels the need to address a political issue in the future, he will check with higher-ups."
After meeting with ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro, Dan Le Batard is set to return to Highly Questionable and his radio show
Le Batard is set to return to a regular radio schedule next week.
Dan Le Batard will apparently avoid suspension, while ESPN insists their no politics rule remains in force
Dan Le Batard was on the air on Friday, a day after his pointed criticism of both President Trump and ESPN's "cowardly" no politics stance.
Disney acquired Fox’s stake in DraftKings despite Bob Iger’s comments about not facilitating gambling
Disney CEO Bob Iger said in February "I don’t see The Walt Disney Company, certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling, in effect, by facilitating gambling in any way." Well, they're doing so at the moment thanks to their stake in DraftKings.
Jimmy Pitaro says ESPN will continue VR/AR/isocam experiments, especially online: “We do not believe that AR or VR is a fad.”
"We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality and augmented reality space for a long time now. We’ve already developed content for the Oculus [VR headset] and are willing to make our content available in those spaces."
ACC Network has a launch date of Aug. 22, 2019, and will air Georgia Tech-Clemson as its first football game a week later
ESPN's putting a big football game on ACC Network to kick things off, and get providers to pick the network up.
ABC to broadcast all three days of the 2019 NFL Draft in addition to ESPN, will use College GameDay crew
Last year, Fox aired a simulcast of the NFL Network’s coverage of the first two days of the...
Bob Iger says he and Jimmy Pitaro thought ESPN coverage “swung a little bit too far away from the field” to societal and...
"Jimmy felt that the pendulum may have swung a little bit too far away from the field. And I happen to believe he was right."
