ESPN
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[edit]ESPN
- (media, US) Initialism of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
- 2010, Douglas Holt, Douglas Cameron, Cultural Strategy: Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345:
- Perlman devised a format inspired by the seminal mockumentary Spinal Tap, where the spot started with an ESPN announcer speaking to camera in a serious, straight voice, framing the story as “real” documentary.
- 2015 May 9, James Andrew Miller, “Inside the Shocking, Abrupt Divorce of Bill Simmons and ESPN”, in Vanity Fair[1], archived from the original on 19 February 2016:
- In the end, one could say with minimal originality, but considerable accuracy, that Bill Simmons simply flew too close to the sun. He miscalculated how much value ESPN put on him and on his unique abilities and talents.
- 2025 August 5, Kevin Dotson, “NFL to take 10% stake in ESPN in new media rights deal”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 14 August 2025:
- The NFL and ESPN announced a deal Tuesday that will see the league’s NFL Network and other media assets headed to the cable television giant in exchange for a 10% equity stake in the Disney-owned company.