ESPN
ESPN is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. Wikipedia
Website: www.espn.com
Owned by: The Walt Disney Company
Latest news
- 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.
- Jan 29, 2024: ESPN is the latest television station to put podcasts on the small screen. ESPN2 will televise an ESPN video podcast every weekday at 2pm ET from today.
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