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Disney CEO Bob Iger
Swift Bumps for Truth, Tucker's Treasonous Turn ... and a GOAT Vote for Bob Iger, Greatest Media CEO of Our Generation

By Daniel Frankel, David Bloom Published

Oh yeah, in our latest 'Next Text,' we babble on about the big Disney/Fox/Warner streaming rollup, too

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
MLB Commish Manfred Wants to Launch a League-Owned DTC Streaming Package in 2025

By Daniel Frankel Published

Dismissing Bally Sports' big Amazon-fueled restructuring plan, Manfred told MLB owners this week that all he needs are the digital rights to 14 teams to make it happen

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Diamond Sports Group
MLB Commissioner Manfred: Clubs Have Received 94% of What's Owed to Them By Bankrupt Diamond Sports

By Daniel Frankel Published

He says the league will continue to 'backstop' teams should the Sinclair RSN subsidiary stop paying them

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
Rob Manfred Ready to Block Diamondbacks’ Renegotiated Bally Sports Deal

By Daniel Frankel Published

‘New York Post’ reports that the MLB Commissioner won't let a $15 million-per-season pay cut and surrendered DTC rights reach first base. But league owners may not have his back

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
Bally Sports Plus Has 203,000 Subscribers, Only 55% of Diamond’s Goal

By Daniel Frankel Published

Key disclosure comes amid 'vitriolic' bankruptcy court exchange Wednesday between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Diamond Sports management

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Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres in 2023 Spring Training
Rob Manfred Leads MLB Into a Season of Changes

By R. Thomas Umstead Published

Baseball commissioner talks new rules, changing TV picture as 2023 season gets underway

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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
MLB's Rob Manfred: If Bally Sports Doesn't Pay, We'll Terminate the Teams' RSN Agreements and Broadcast the Games Ourselves (Full Video Interview)

By Daniel Frankel Published

The Major League Baseball Commissioner declares 'next steps' should Sinclair's Diamond Sports bankruptcy blow back on clubs. Meanwhile, baseball's RSN payment problems spread to three AT&T SportsNet channels

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Fox Sports baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal
Ken Rosenthal, MLB Network Part Ways

By Michael Malone Published

Star reporter moves on after criticizing baseball boss

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Sinclair president and CEO Chris Ripley
Sinclair’s Ripley on RSNs: Believe It or Not

By Mike Farrell Last updated

CEO says RSNs have DTC rights with just four teams, others on the way; others doubt future for networks

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Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner during a 2019 regular season game.
Sinclair Streaming RSN Plan Slammed by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred

By Daniel Frankel Published

'We're not just going to throw [streaming rights] in to help Sinclair out,' he says

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