ESPN’s digital coverage of the 2017 NBA Draft set several streaming records on Thursday. The NBA Draft drew an average minute streaming audience of 135,200 viewers, up 55 percent from 2016, according…
The Trump era has been a boom time for television. Ratings throughout the 2016 election cycle were strong at the three major cable-news outlets. And CNN and MSNBC continue to garner high viewership…
Years after his controversial exit from ESPN, sports journalist Bill Simmons still hasn’t finished publicly dissecting the struggles his former employer is currently facing. Announcing his new…
The name ESPN conjures up images of “Monday Night Football,” “SportsCenter” and reams of stats about your favorite contests. But during an “upfront” presentation to advertisers Tuesday, executives…
ESPN hopes to score a touchdown in a growing competition: measuring audiences who are watching TV programming in ways other than using a TV. As the Disney-and-Hearst-owned sports-media giant makes a…
In today’s roundup, supermodel Ashley Graham will return as a panelist to “America’s Next Top Model,” along with Drew Elliott and Law Roach. CASTING VH1 announced that supermodel Ashley Graham, Paper…
ESPN is upping the ante on fantasy sports — which has been a massive traffic driver online — with a new half-hour fantasy football show hosted by Matthew Berry, set to launch on TV and online ahead…
Sports journalists and figures took to social media to mourn the death of Katherine Berman (pictured above left), wife of longtime ESPN anchor Chris Berman. Katherine, 67, was killed in a two-car…
ESPN’s tough mix of subscriber losses and higher programming costs put Disney on the defensive during its fiscal second quarter earnings conference call. Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger tried to get out…
ESPN pays millions of dollars each year to air professional basketball games, baseball contests and the venerable "Monday Night Football." These days, there's a new contest that's getting more…
ESPN's newest game is convincing advertisers to spend more of their dollars on its programs. The Walt Disney sports-media juggernaut on Monday launches a very targeted ad campaign aimed at getting…
