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The 25 sports media people who had the most powerful 2023

The most powerful people in sports media are the heads of the leagues, networks and digital platforms, as well as top athletes.

What's next for ESPN as it moves toward direct-to-consumer

Partnering with an Apple, an Amazon or another large digital company, plus a mobile player, could be ESPN’s ideal scenario.

ESPN's game-changing direct-to-consumer move likely to arrive in 2025 or '26

ESPN will eventually take the mothership network direct-to-consumer, but that may not mean what many fear for cable TV.

The ESPN layoffs have begun -- here's what to expect

The first round of ESPN layoffs have begun and are expected to extend through Wednesday, The Post has learned.

ESPN layoffs are coming soon — and nearly everyone is vulnerable

ESPN's latest round of layoffs will have “no sacred cows,” meaning everybody from top on-air people to big-time executives are being scrutinized.

UFC's Dana White cites ESPN cocaine scandal for huge windfall

Dana White believes a cocaine scandal led to the UFC getting a blockbuster deal from ESPN.

The 25 sports media people who had the most powerful 2022

Joe Buck? Tom Brady? Malika Andrews? Who made the biggest impact in sports media this year?

Big names, big dollars will dominate as ESPN extends Jimmy Pitaro's reign

The Jimmy Pitaro era will continue at ESPN for years to come. Is the network ready for the challenges to come?

John Sterling will be back in Yankees booth, but there’s a catch

Sign up here to get Andrew Marchand’s SportsClicker delivered to your inbox each Monday morning. The plan: Legendary play-by-player John Sterling will continue as the radio voice of the Yankees...

Marchand and Ourand: Jimmy Pitaro talks ESPN's future

For their second episode, SBJ’s John Ourand and The Post’s Andrew Marchand welcome ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro to talk about direct-to-consumer products and more.

What leaked ESPN memo reveals about 'complicated' Maria Taylor-Rachel Nichols mess

ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro has emerged amid the Rachel Nichols-Maria Taylor spectacle.

ESPN and Dan Le Batard are clearly headed for a breakup

The baseball analogy works for what is happening between ESPN and "The Dan Le Batard Show." First, a star right fielder is dropped in the order. Next, he platoons. Then...

ESPN laying off hundreds in massive pandemic-related cuts

ESPN informed employees early Thursday that it would lay off 300 people across its business, while also not filling 200 currently open positions as the pandemic continues to harshly impact...

ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro wary of tech companies going after NFL rights

ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said he would not be surprised to encounter competition from FANG when the next round of NFL television contracts expire in coming years. Facebook, Apple, Netflix...

The most powerful people in college football

The season begins in earnest this weekend, but most of the big players won’t be wearing helmets or shoulder pads. They are the coaches on the sideline, the commissioners and...

Dan Le Batard staying with ESPN after week-long saga

Dan Le Batard will continue on his ESPN Radio and TV shows after meeting face-to-face with the network’s president, Jimmy Pitaro, a source told The Post. The get-together in New...

The huge decision ESPN's Dan Le Batard faces after talking politics

Dan Le Batard has now boxed himself in. ESPN has called his bluff, leaving him with a choice: Either kowtow to what he described as “cowardly” corporate policy, placing politics...

Dan Le Batard makes own punishment after long talks with ESPN president

After going back and forth all weekend with ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro, Dan Le Batard has chosen not to do his national radio show on Monday. Le Batard’s decision comes...

ESPN's mixed message after Dan LeBatard attacks 'cowardly' network, Trump

ESPN spent Friday telling employees that its no-politics policy is still in place even after Dan Le Batard violated it and remained on the air without any known discipline. ESPN...

How Jimmy Pitaro silenced the screams of 'left-wing' ESPN

The nadir of ESPN’s failure with politics came in September 2017, when Jemele Hill, lucratively paid and newly minted co-host of a network family jewel, the 6 p.m. "SportsCenter," responded...