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• Huffington Post LA Site Goes Live; Plans For Other Local Sites Are Murky

  PaidContent - 2009-12-02

  Huffington Post has finally unveiled its Los Angeles site, which could represent another challenge for the struggling LA Times. The launch of HuffPost LA follows similar efforts focusing on Chicago and New York, both of which went live this past summer. While the LA site has been touted for...

  Tags: ESPN, NYSE Euronext, Site, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Blogging, Branding, Internet, Marketing, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Social Media, David Kaplan

• ESPN Planning UK Online Sports Portal

  PaidContent - 2009-09-13

  What’s missing from ESPN’s UK soccer package? A website to go with the TV coverage. But the U.S. network has confirmed to us it is preparing a UK sports portal to accompany the broadcasts.We reported this month that the company was hiring senior online editorial staff to work at...

  Tags: ESPN, U.K., Gleeson, Portals, Video On Demand (VoD), Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, Online News, TV, VOD, Companies, Disney, Patrick Smith

• Disney in talks to put content on YouTube

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-29

  Disney could stream full-length episodes from its ABC TV network on YouTube as part of a multi-year deal currently in discussion with YouTube-owner Google. Disney may pursue the deal in place of a VoD agreement with Hulu, reports paidContent. Disney...

  Tags: Disney Corp., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet, ESPN, NBC Universal, ABC Inc, YouTube, Hulu, Andrew McDonald, The Walt Disney Co., News Corp.

• Disney eyes Hulu stake in content deal – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-27

  Disney is reportedly in talks to license ABC content to Hulu in exchange for an equity stake. Though neither party is disclosing any details, insiders claim Disney is seeking a stake equal to that of Hulu’s co-founders NBC Universal and News Corp. ...

  Tags: Disney Corp., News Corp., Hulu, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Venture Capital, Free Trade, Cable, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Finance, Financing Startups, Telecommunications, Andrew McDonald, CBS Corp., The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN Asks For Skin in the Game, Goes to Paid Model for Some Shows

  BNET - 2008-11-24

  How refreshing to read this morning in Mediapost that ESPN thinks online viewers should pay for some content. The sports media mega-brand is now asking consumers to pony up if they want to watch two of its sports-debate shows at ESPN.com -- "Pardon the Interruption" and "Around the Horn." (That's...

  Tags: Consumer, ESPN, Games, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, Catharine P. Taylor

• Report cards on the board

  - 2008-06-30

  Today at Game On! NBA draft fallout The smoke has cleared, the fashion show is done, Derrick Rose is back home in Chicago, and ESPN has already moved on to the 2009 NBA draft (ESPN.com, search: Chad Ford). ...

  Tags: Blogging, board, ESPN, Games, INTERNET, NBA, USA Today

• YouTube clips can't tell story of Andrews

  - 2008-04-16

  Erin Andrews' stats are amazing. To pick one randomly: YouTube offers 71 entries on her, such as "Random photos of ABC/ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews" -- that's drawn nearly 1million views. The online idolatry of her -- not seen since Anna Kournikova's cyberspace heyday -- runs...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, INTERNET, TVs, YouTube Inc.

• What they're saying

  - 2007-11-08

  Here's a sampling of bowl projections involving MWC teams from national Web sites: ARMED FORCES BOWL (MWC vs. Pac-10 No. 6) ESPN.com -- Air Force vs. Iowa* CBSSports.com -- Air Force vs. Ball State* Collegefootballnews.com -- TCU vs. Mississippi State* ...

  Tags: Air Force, ESPN, INTERNET

• Boxer Mosley says he didn't know BALCO products were banned drugs

  - 2007-09-28

  NEW YORK, United States AFP — Fighter Shane Mosley acknowledged on Friday that he used products from the notorious BALCO laboratory in 2003, but said he didn't know then they were banned performance enhancing drugs. The SI.com website reported Friday that Mosley used "the clear" and "the cream" from...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, ESPN, INTERNET

• Vick indicted in dog fighting investigation

  - 2007-07-17

  RICHMOND, United States AFP — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the dog fighting probe of his property in Virginia, ESPN television reported on Tuesday. Vick was indicted for conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities,...

  Tags: ESPN, INTERNET, NFL, Richmond, Virginia