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 as the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. Wikipedia
Website: www.espn.com
Owned by: The Walt Disney Company
Latest news
- Sep 13: Mercedes-Benz has built a podcast-studio-van for ESPN College Football.
- Sep 7: Amy Pilewski has joined Realm as Senior Account Director. She joins from Disney and ESPN.
- Aug 22: Troy Farkas, a former producer for The Ringer and ESPN, has published his first book. Surrender: A Guide to Living Your Best Life in Your Twenties includes his own experiences and lessons learned from his time navigating the early stages of his career at both companies.
- Apr 28: Scott McCarthy, the VP of ESPN Audio, and Pete Gianesini, Senior Director of Audio Programming, are both casualties of layoffs at the Disney-owned company.
- Apr 12: NiemanLab report "why news outlets are putting their podcasts on YouTube", focusing on ESPN, Slate and NPR. Slate appear to be using Headliner, according to the article.
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