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Disney Strikes ESPN Deal With the NFL. The Stock Rises as Earnings Loom.
The House of Mouse is swapping a 10% stake in ESPN for control of key media assets including RedZone and the NFL Network.
Disney's ESPN to acquire NFL media assets, TV distribution for RedZone
As part of the deal, the NFL will own a 10% stake in ESPN and continue to own, operate and produce NFL RedZone and retain ...
ESPN Reaches Multi-Year Extension to Air NFL Draft as Well as Additional Rights for DTC Service
ESPN will continue to broadcast the NFL Draft as well as obtaining new digital rights for its upcoming direct-to-consumer ...
Can ESPN Cover the NFL Fairly Now That It’s Officially Part of the Team? | Analysis
The cable titan and pro football have a long and tumultuous relationship, but formally getting in bed together looks like bad news.
Disney’s 3Q profit climbs as it sees strength at domestic parks, adds streaming subscribers
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Disney’s profit and revenue climbed in its fiscal third quarter as the entertainment company continued to ...
Walt Disney leans hard into streaming as its future
Disney announced earlier that it had reached a deal to sell 10% of ESPN to the NFL in exchange for the NFL’s media properties ...