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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.com's Bill Simmons Gets A Twitter Time Out, Sort Of

  PaidContent - 2009-11-21

  Part of the joy of following Bill Simmons on Twitter is the feeling that he doesn’t hold back—that, plus not only he can be snarky as all get out when the occasion demands, his tweets, snarky or not, are usually spot on. (He has one of the highest “repeat...

  Tags: ESPN, Twitter Inc., Bill Simmons, Quality, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Online News, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Companies, Disney, Twitter, Staci D. Kramer

• Fox Sports Net Quietly Rolls Out A Dozen Local Sites

  PaidContent - 2009-11-19

  While ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) have been grabbing headlines for their online local sports expansions, Fox Sports Net has been rolling out the soft launch of a dozen local sites over the past couple of weeks. So quietly that it took an alert reader to clue...

  Tags: ESPN, Team, Comcast Corp., Site, Team Management, Corporate Communications, Games, Management, Marketing, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Staci D. Kramer

• ESPN Issues Anti-Social Media Guidelines [Updated]

  BNET - 2009-08-04

  If you've been on Twitter tonight, you may know that the news du nuit is this: ESPN Tells Employees They Can Only Tweet About ESPN - http://bit.ly/hfFlH . The link gets you to a Mashable post, which gets you to an NPR story, which gets you to the tweet below...

  Tags: ESPN, Branding, Marketing, Catharine P. Taylor

• 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.

• Media Roundup: Blockbuster to Offer Video Downloads, New York Mag Writers to Get Pay Cuts, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-14

  In Today's Media Roundup: Blockbuster to offer video downloads, New York mag writers to get pay cut, Parenting splits into two editions, Huff Post acquires 236 and ESPN, Discovery to see increased ads. by Sean Blanda

  Tags: ESPN, Media, Blockbuster Inc., Video, Video Download, Pay Cut, Corporate Communications, Business Structures, Marketing, Finance, Sean Blanda

• ESPN Web Overhaul About Done; 'Less Is More' Design Aimed At Advertisers

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  ESPN.com's year-long revamp is finally ready today and set for its formal debut on January. Aside from emphasizing video and smarter search, as execs have said over the past few months in previews, execs at the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) sports unit tells the NYT that the site's over-arching...

  Tags: ESPN, Web, Advertiser, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Sports, Media, Magazines, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan, 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

• ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN360.com

  Content Next - 2008-11-18

  For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested yesterday,...

  Tags: Game, ESPN, Mobile TV, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Staci D. Kramer, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Mobile Video, Sports, The Walt Disney Co.