ESPN drops Major League Baseball | Editor's Desk

ESPN and Major League Baseball Part Ways: What’s Next for the Sport’s Media Landscape?
We are grateful for our long-standing relationship with Major League Baseball and proud of how ESPN’s coverage has
ESPN and Major League Baseball will end television deal after 2025 season
ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season.
ESPN drops Major League Baseball | The Editor's Desk
The Desk publisher Matthew Keys and media analyst Rick Howe discuss ESPN and Major League Baseball's break-up and what it means for distribution of professional baseball on television.
Why ESPN and Major League Baseball called off their TV deal | The Editor's Desk
TheDesk.net publisher Matthew Keys and media analyst Rick Howe discuss ESPN and Major League Baseball's decision to terminate their TV deal after the 2025 season. Plus a Super Bowl bet that went awry for one of our hosts.
Baseball Strikes Out at ESPN: Sports Giant to End TV Rights Deal With MLB After Current Season
Disney ‘s ESPN and Major League Baseball are breaking up after nearly 40 years together, a sign of how even the most durable content relationships have come under scrutiny in the streaming era, with sports rights increasing exponentially and entertainment conglomerates left to figure out how to pay the bill.
ESPN open to new deal with MLB, but league has bigger plans
MLB reportedly wants to align its next rights deal so that when 2028 rolls around, all of its national media rights can be put up for sale. As of now, it appears that 2025 will be the last season that Major League Baseball games will be broadcast on ESPN.
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End of MLB-ESPN relationship is a bummer. But it makes sense in fractured TV landscape.
Major League Baseball is not what it used to be. And neither is ESPN. In this uncertain world, you’d think both parties might need each other. Instead, after 35 years, the league and the ...
Hal Steinbrenner: No edict to spend less on Yankees' payroll
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said Friday that he has not ordered his front office to drop the team's player payroll, adding ...
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ESPN and Major League Baseball will end their national TV deal after the 2025 season
ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball games — at least in its current form — will conclude at the end of the 2025 season. ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro informed MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred ...
MLB Discussing National TV Contract With Three Outlets Following ESPN Opt Out
According to Puck's John Ourand, the league is discussing a potential rights package with Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and NBC ...
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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani throws first bullpen of spring
Ohtani, the unanimous National League MVP after the first 50/50 season in baseball history last year, is expected to be ...
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MLB in Talks with Netflix, Amazon, and Other Streaming Giants After Cutting Ties with ESPN
According to a report by journalist John Ourand, top executives from MLB have had preliminary talks with Netflix, Amazon, and ...