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News Corp. buys 49 percent of YES Network; has option to buy more
News Corp. has closed on an agreement to buy 49 percent of YES Network from the New York Yankees and the team’s equity partners, with the option to increase that stake to 80 percent in coming years. News Corp. and its Fox Sports subsidiaries are already extensive rightsholders in baseball, both for national broadcasts on […]
ESPN doubling rights fees for MLB
ESPN will double the amount it pays to Major League Baseball for cable, radio and international rights in a new eight-year deal totaling $5.6 billion, according to multiple reports. The current deal, which runs through 2013, brings $350 million annually to MLB teams; the new deal ups that to $700 million. The new deal is […]
Dodgers, Fox already informally talking new TV rights deal
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Fox already informally discussed a new rights deal that calls for joint ownership of cable channels, with formal talks scheduled for October 15 and beyond. The talks gave the Dodgers a baseline for what to expect in a new deal, as the team’s front office decided to run the Dodgers […]
MLB All-Star Game tops weekly TV ratings, garners lowest numbers ever
Well, this is a classic case of good news/bad news: the 2012 All-Star Game was the top-rated TV show last week, but still was the worst-rated All-Star Game ever, slightly off last year’s low. Of course, this is a simplification of what actually transpired during the course of the game, and to reduce the numbers […]
McCourt looted $189 million from Dodgers: MLB
Frank McCourt has raided Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium financial coffers improperly to the tune of $189.16 million, according to MLB attorneys, in anticipation of bankruptcy-court proceedings next week. The battle lines are emerging in the Delaware bankruptcy proceedings: MLB attorneys say McCourt isn’t fit to run and own the team; Fox opposes McCourt’s […]
Dodgers: Selig was unfair toward team ownership
In a signal that Frank McCourt’s lawyers are planning on playing hardball during bankruptcy proceedings, they’re asking Major League Baseball to hand over a raft of documents about how Commissioner Bud Selig has treated other teams during troubled financial times — information MLB lawyers will surely fight to keep private. McCourt’s attorneys are obviously attempting […]
McCourt files for bankruptcy on Dodgers, Dodger Stadium
Frank McCourt has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger Stadium and three related holding companies in an attempt to keep control of the team in the face of a potential takeover from Major League Baseball. Chapter 11 bankruptcy provides corporations protection as they attempt to restructure their […]
Selig: No to proposed Fox/Dodgers TV deal
In a blow to the proposed divorce settlement between Frank and Jamie McCourt that could have cleared up the tangled finances of the Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has rejected a Fox loan against broadcast rights to Dodgers game — the proceeds of which would settle Jamie’s claims and help the team make […]