Time Warner Cable customers will now get ESPN3 at no extra charge, thanks to a long-negotiated deal with Disney. The agreement is part of a larger long-term deal between the companies.
Just what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted material has always been hard to define. Now a new website, Mediaite.com, is using that ambiguity to build a business model on other companies' content.
Deadspin blogger A.J. Daulerio used this week's Brett Favre drama as an excuse to publish some juicy gossip about the quarterback. But did Daulerio break a promise to a source to keep the story quiet?
The deal would be a bid by Disney to increase its presence in social network games. Disney could use Playdom to incorporate some of its iconic brands and characters into social network gaming.
Plenty of observers were appalled by ESPN's hour-long special dedicated to James's announcement that he was going to the Miami Heat. But Don Ohlmeyer, the sports network's in-house referee on journalistic matters, is outraged.
ESPN's controversial special featuring basketball superstar LeBron James revealing where he would play next season garnered an overnight Nielsen rating of 7.3, according to the Walt Disney-owned cable channel.
More Americans are watching the World Cup soccer tournament. ESPN and ABC say that the number of viewers so far are double what they were in 2006. All this could be a sign that America is finally taking to a sport long played mostly by our kids.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has officially joined the Big Ten, the oldest NCAA Division I conference, in existence since 1896. The football powerhouse had been part of the Big 12 Conference since its inception in 1994. However, rumors of the Big 12 splitting up have been circulating in the last few years, with Nebraska the first team to actually leave.
Pro bowler Kelly Kulick just made history as the first woman to win a Lumber Liquidators Pro Bowlers Association tournament. If you hadn't heard about her feat, you're not alone. Her obscurity is a testament to the sport's identity crisis.
