Awful Announcing
DAZN will be carrying 32 boxing fight nights annually in the U.S. as part of this new deal. Further details on their pricing and other U.S. content aren't available at the moment.
Despite the company being from the UK, Skipper will be based out of New York.
"I think that Bob Iger is very comfortable with the NFL, he likes the NFL's product, and I think Pitaro is likely to follow his boss' lead on that."
Questions still remain.
Skipper said his cocaine habit had rarely interfered with work before an extortion plot forced his abrupt resignation.
Could Skipper have been forced out in a corporate power-play?
2017 will be a year that isn't celebrated too wildly in Bristol.
Skipper conducted meetings and business as if he wasn’t going to resign.
ESPN has always hired its presidents from within. Will that trend continue this time around?
"Once those Trump tweets got out there, that brought a whole new audience that was kind of paying attention to things I was saying."
The news caught many by surprise.
Skipper’s highlights include deals with FIFA, MLB, NBA, NFL, Pac-12 and SEC. His lowlights include his Bill Simmons feud.
“ESPN is a journalistic organization – not a political organization. We should do nothing to undermine that position,”
"We don't have less people watching ESPN than last year, we have more. They're just watching in different ways."
Skipper's contract ran through 2018, so this extension comes over a year ahead of its expiry, much earlier than his last extension.
ESPN's new social media policy isn't going to please everyone.
Schell and Magnus viewed Big Cat and PFT Commenter as potential stars.
ESPN trying to become cooler and funnier didn't work in this case.
Can any major broadcaster really avoid politics?
Clay Travis promptly went on Fox News to criticize Skipper and ESPN.
ACC commissioner John Swofford says ESPN president John Skipper has confirmed the ACC Network's linear launch is on track for 2019.
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Sage Steele was replaced by Michelle Beadle on NBA Countdown but is staying at ESPN for the long haul.
