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ESPN and Major League Baseball Part Ways: What’s Next for the Sport’s Media Landscape?
We are grateful for our long-standing relationship with Major League Baseball and proud of how ESPN’s coverage has
Baseball Strikes Out at ESPN: Sports Giant to End TV Rights Deal With MLB After Current Season
Disney ‘s ESPN and Major League Baseball are breaking up after nearly 40 years together, a sign of how even the most durable content relationships have come under scrutiny in the streaming era, with sports rights increasing exponentially and entertainment conglomerates left to figure out how to pay the bill.
ESPN drops Major League Baseball | The Editor's Desk
The Desk publisher Matthew Keys and media analyst Rick Howe discuss ESPN and Major League Baseball's break-up and what it means for distribution of professional baseball on television.
ESPN and Major League Baseball will end their national television deal after 2025 season
ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season. ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro informed baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday morning that the network was opting out of the final three years of its contract,
MLB, ESPN 'mutually' agree to end TV deal early after 2025 baseball season
Major League Baseball and ESPN "mutually agreed" to part ways and end their national television deal after the upcoming 2025 season.
Souhan: Leaving ESPN is a bad idea for Major League Baseball
The greatness of the network’s “Sunday Night Baseball” and “Baseball Tonight” and its use of the nation’s best writers invited fans to the game.
Why ESPN and Major League Baseball called off their TV deal | The Editor's Desk
TheDesk.net publisher Matthew Keys and media analyst Rick Howe discuss ESPN and Major League Baseball's decision to terminate their TV deal after the 2025 season. Plus a Super Bowl bet that went awry for one of our hosts.
ESPN and Major League Baseball will end their national TV deal after the 2025 season
ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season.
ESPN open to new deal with MLB, but league has bigger plans
MLB reportedly wants to align its next rights deal so that when 2028 rolls around, all of its national media rights can be put up for sale. As of now, it appears that 2025 will be the last season that Major League Baseball games will be broadcast on ESPN.
ESPN Will Stop Airing Major League Baseball After 2025 Season In Widely Expected End Of Long-Term Partnership
As had been widely expected, ESPN has officially decided to opt out of its Major League Baseball rights deal after the 2025 season. “We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with Major League Baseball and proud of how ESPN’s coverage super-serves fans.
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MLB, ESPN opt out of TV deal for 2026-28; MLB cites ‘minimal coverage’
Major League Baseball and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to end their national television deal after the upcoming 2025 season, according to a memo baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sent to his ...
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End of MLB-ESPN relationship is a bummer. But it makes sense in fractured TV landscape.
Major League Baseball is not what it used to be. And neither is ESPN. In this uncertain world, you’d think both parties might need each other. Instead, after 35 years, the league and the ...
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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani throws first bullpen of spring
Ohtani, the unanimous National League MVP after the first 50/50 season in baseball history last year, is expected to be ...
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MLB in Talks with Netflix, Amazon, and Other Streaming Giants After Cutting Ties with ESPN
According to a report by journalist John Ourand, top executives from MLB have had preliminary talks with Netflix, Amazon, and ...