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Posted Thursday 12/07/17 at 4:46AM EST
NBC is sticking with Mike Tirico as Winter Olympics host despite past allegations of sexual harassment
Tirico was accused of sexual harassment early in his career at ESPN, and “these charges were aggressively addressed 25 years...
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Is Mike Tirico NBC's next sexual misconduct problem?
The new face of NBC's Olympics primetime coverage was suspended for three months early in his career at ESPN after...
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Posted Monday 12/04/17 at 7:43AM EST
ESPN forgot it laid off one of its reporters
College football reporter Brett McMurphy was laid off by ESPN in April.
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Posted Thursday 11/30/17 at 6:27AM EST
What is ESPN’s goal after it third round of major layoffs in two years?
“So if it isn’t a planet-conquering force, what is its goal?” asks Bryan Curtis.
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Posted Wednesday 11/29/17 at 8:50AM EST
ESPN lays off 150 staffers
Unlike ESPN's mass layoffs in April of more than 100 people, which included prominent on-air personalities, today’s layoffs will affect...
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Posted Monday 11/20/17 at 11:08PM EST
CBS used crowd noise to mask gay slurs at the Patriots-Raiders NFL game in Mexico City
Last year, ESPN was criticized for not censoring gay slurs during its broadcast of an NFL game from Mexico City.
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Posted Thursday 11/16/17 at 12:56AM EST
Catch an NFL-themed glimpse of ABC’s American Idol reboot
ABC's sister network ESPN shared a clip of Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones auditioning before Katy Perry, Lionel Richie...
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Posted Tuesday 11/14/17 at 10:11PM EST
ESPN president gets a contract extension weeks before mass layoffs at his network
John Skipper, who has led ESPN since 2012, will continue leading the sports network as it copes with lost revenue...
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Posted Tuesday 11/14/17 at 10:11PM EST
ESPN’s SportsCenter on Snapchat doesn’t have NFL replay rights, so it used paper cut outs to reenact highlights
The Snapchat SportsCenter is doing what blogs have done for years in getting around restrictions on replay rights.
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Posted Monday 11/13/17 at 7:57AM EST
SportsCenter is launching a Snapchat version, with Katie Nolan hosting the first episode
The former Fox Sports personality will kick off the 3-5 minute show at 5 p.
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Posted Saturday 11/11/17 at 3:34AM EST
ESPN’s 30 For 30 on Ric Flair glorified his sexual misconduct
David Bixenspan notes that in Tuesday’s documentary, “an animated depiction of the scene .
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Posted Saturday 11/11/17 at 3:34AM EST
ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown and other NFL pregame shows have seen their ratings decline this season
Even NBC’s Football Night in America has seen its viewership slip this season, down 7.
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Posted Thursday 11/09/17 at 6:08PM EST
ESPN is getting an ESPN Plus streaming service
Disney CEO Bob Iger promises a “one-of-a-kind product” with ESPN Plus, which will have ESPN programming plus access to thousands...
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Posted Wednesday 11/08/17 at 12:00AM EST
ESPN’s 30 For 30 on Nature Boy would be so much better if Ric Flair wasn’t so cagey about wrestling being fake
“The subject’s caginess about fakery gets in the way of what’s most interesting about his story,” says Noel Murray.
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Posted Tuesday 11/07/17 at 10:17AM EST
NFL broadcasters' ad prices decline 6.7%
Of all the networks that carry NFL games, only NBC has seen its prices for commercials rise this season.