ESPN
ESPN is an American basic cable sports broadcasting network and the flagship property of ESPN Inc., a joint venture of the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications (20%). It was founded on September 7, 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. Wikipedia
Website: www.espn.com
Owned by: The Walt Disney Company
Latest news
- Jul 1: Audiencelift has a new look, and a new network of premium publishers to help promote your podcast. The tool gets your shows into ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and others, ensuring trailers are seen and heard by high-value, podcast-curious audiences.
- Aug 9, 2024: Not Just Football with Cam Heyward has moved from ESPN to Vox Media in partnership with SBNation. Vox Media will assume marketing, sales, and distribution for the show, which unpacks the biggest stories from around the NFL.
- Aug 2, 2024: Yahoo is to get access to Disney and Spotify podcast inventory. In a partnership announced this week, Yahoo DSP will have programmatic access to Disney ABC and ESPN podcast inventory. Also, Spotify will make its podcast inventory available via Yahoo for Programmatic Guaranteed campaigns.
- May 6, 2024: Patrick Beverley, a US basketball player, refused to talk to Malinda Adams, an ESPN reporter, because she wasn’t subscribed to his podcast. It’s not the first time, apparently. Last we checked, this wasn’t a good way to get subscriptions.
- Feb 22, 2024: Jesse Kinney and Holly Garrard have been hired by mowPod. Kinney joins from iHeartMedia and SoundHound, and is Business Development Manager; Garrard joins from iHeartMedia and ESPN as VP, Audience Development.
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