suntimes.com - 11/19/2008
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All-powerful and all-consuming, ESPN has nobody to challenge it Do you blame somebody for doing a job too well? Do you care who or what it is that does the job, what the entity's motivation or philosophy is or what its long-range goals or idiosyncrasies might be as long as you get the service ...
sports.espn.go.com - 11/18/2008
thebiglead.com - 11/21/2008
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thebiglead.com —
We’ve been fortunate enough to land a couple
of memorable interviews - Whitlock , Kornheiser , Wilbon...
and Gary Smith , to name a few - but we’ve probably never reeled in a bigger TV presence than one of ESPN’s longest-tenured and ...
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An Interview with ESPN’s Bob Ley
bizoffootball.com - 11/19/2008
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bizoffootball.com —
ESPN has reached an extensive agreement with the
Bowl Championship Series (BCS), granting exclusive TV, radio, digital,...
international and marketing rights for 15 BCS games from January 2011 through January 2014. It includes the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls each season and the BCS National ...
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ESPN and BCS Reach Four-Year Agreement
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Rick Telander Does Not Fear ESPN's Wrath -- But He Does Respect It [Espn]
Deadspin —
... In a tough economic market, you'll find many sports writers scaling back on their criticism for the sake of job security. Trying to garner attention through traditional shit-stirring isn't the best way to keep your self afloat right now — piss of the wrong source or anger enough readers and you may find yourself expendable. Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Mariotti-foil Rick Telander penned a column today about the WWL's acquisition of the BCS bowl games, but then veered into a somewhat dangerous territory of half-heartedly criticizing ESPN's steamrolling empire. He ...
Wednesday Night Links
Fang's Bites —
... The Chicago Sun-Times' great columnist Rick Telander writes that ESPN is so big and powerful that no one is around to criticize the network unless it pays someone (Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber) to do it. Thanks to ...
The Cablization of Television Sports Properties - Part II
Eye On Sports Media —
... When a company gets into an unnatural monopoly position, essential elements are lost. There is little or no incentive to innovate. Diversity of opinion is lost. Voices get stifled or shut down. In a column yesterday, Chicago Sun Times writer Rick Telander wrote ...
Linkz of the Week
BostonsportZ —
... Rick Telander took a pretty big shot over ESPN's bow this week with a column in the Chicago Sun Times detailing what has become wrong with the sports media giant. They're not the sharpest digs, but ESPN sees everything and released a statement saying they had seen it and didn't have an issue with it. Of course, that probably means they saw it and aren't happy, but aren't going to cause a public tiff. ...
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The Cablization of Television Sports Properties - Part II
sportsontheair.blogspot.com 11/20/2008 — Athens, GA (Nov 20, 2008) - "It's our ball an if you don't like our rules, too bad!" That seemed to be the underlying message on Tuesday's ESPN media call announcing the acquisition of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) contract for 2011 through 2014. ...
College Bowl Game Players Get Benefits
totalprosports.com 12/11/2008 — Total Pro Sports - We were doing some research on the upcoming NCAA College Football Bowl Season , when we came across some information that we found to be very interesting. I definitely didn't know this, maybe you did. Did you know that the participants in the BCS Bowl Games (The Football ...
BCS on ESPN: More money for fewer viewers?
usatoday.com 11/19/2008 — They just have a hard time acknowledging what is hardly a crime. Take John Swofford, Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner and Bowl Championship Series coordinator, in announcing Tuesday that ESPN, starting in 2011, will carry four BCS games now on ...
Comcast/Versus To Challenge ESPN Empire NOW?
sportsbybrooks.com 1/7/2009 — SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY had some very interesting sports cable TV rating numbers today - for 2008:
SBD:
For ‘08, Versus saw the biggest viewership gains among cable sports nets for both total day programming and primetime, up 20.2% and ...
An Interview With ESPN President George Bodenheimer
collegehoopsjournal.com 12/2/2008 — A few months ago, I had the chance to sit down with George and discuss everything from his start in the business (as a guy in the mail room at ESPN) to his sons’ affinity for high school football. My original piece on him was a human interest ...
ESPN Could Force College Football Playoff In 2011
sportsbybrooks.com 12/10/2008 — I mourn the loss of another wonderful college football season, which was full of so many compelling games and storylines this year. But the season is now over for me, as the BCS bowl system has turned all postseason games save one into a meaningless, ...
MNF up from last year.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/24/2008 — ESPN concluded its third season of Monday Night Football on a high note.
The Bears' overtime victory over the Packers on Monday drew an 8.4 U.S. rating (9.8 cable rating) and 13.8 million viewers on ESPN, up 65% and 57% from a 5.1 with 8.8 million ...
BCS May Be Heresy to Some, But Fans Watching Bowl Games in Record Numbers
bizoffootball.com 1/10/2009 — The Bowl Championship Series sees another year come and go, and that means another year of criticism for its format. But, regardless of whether the BCS is good or bad, this year, more watched Bowl games than last year. Here's ratings for every Bowl game for the 2008-09 season.
