Jemele Hill criticizes Bob Iger ‘capitulating’ to Donald Trump
Jemele Hill criticizes Disney CEO Bob Iger for reportedly pressuring The View to tone down anti-Trump rhetoric.
Jemele Hill criticizes Disney CEO Bob Iger for reportedly pressuring The View to tone down anti-Trump rhetoric.
Former ESPN executive Justin Connolly left for YouTube after recently signing a multi-year agreement to stay at ESPN.
"Connolly will serve as the emissary between YouTube and the world of traditional media and entertainment," per Bloomberg.
Justin Connolly is leaving Disney and ESPN after 25 years with those companies.
"ESPN is true to women’s sports, not new to women’s sports."
No matter how you purchase access to ESPN, the network wants you on their app.
"In terms of the long-term growth of the business, it still has to be adopted, it still has to be used."
ESPN will totally unveil their DTC service next week as the company experienced a mixed bag in earnings for Q1.
"This might be the biggest move since getting the full season of the NFL."
The criticisms of the Disney-Fubo move have escalated into an antitrust investigation.
"We are thrilled to expand the partnership with our friends at 20th Television."
The six-part series is expected to premiere later this year on ESPN and Disney+.
"Do you want to be at theme parks, or do you want to be at ballparks?"
"I love the brand. I love our road map. I love what we’re doing right now."
According to reports, ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro has said that he does not want to succeed Bob Iger as Disney CEO.
How would the sports media world be fundamentally different if the DOJ didn't force Disney and ESPN to offload Fox's RSNs in 2019?
The crucial company that blocked the Venu Sports skinny bundle has its own one planned, and at a cheaper price than DirecTV or Comcast.
"...the basic issue is that Disney was never particularly interested in running FiveThirtyEight as a business."
Gary Striewski and Randy Scott will host the show on weekdays.
Disney topped YouTube, Netflix, and everyone else in January as per Nielsen numbers, thanks largely to ESPN.
"Disney’s proposed acquisition of Fubo appears to allow Disney to simultaneously circumvent the lawsuit while gobbling up a competitor."
"The goal all along with ESPN is to make it as accessible as possible."
After a year where ESPN and Disney made painful layoffs, it was revealed that CEO Bob Iger got a huge increase in compensation.
This is much closer to a standard MVPD package than Venu was, but it does include the Venu offerings and more.