Eric Fisher, US Editor

Multi-sport
USA

American telecommunications giant Verizon is largely exiting the digital media space as it is selling Verizon Media assets, including Yahoo and AOL, to alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management…
NFL
USA

Online retail and streaming video giant Amazon has reached a supplemental agreement with the National Football League to accelerate its exclusive domestic media rights to Thursday Night Football by one…
Ice Hockey
USA

Ice hockey icon Wayne Gretzky famously said that as a player, he skated “to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
Ice Hockey
USA

Bleacher Report, House of Highlights form critical elements of new rights agreement
Baseball
USA

Major League Baseball’s MLB Network is working with former All-Star pitcher CC Sabathia and existing network talent to create a new player-focused, conversation-focused alternate game broadcast.
Multi-sport
USA

Prominent Massachusetts-based gaming company DraftKings is expanding its relationship with American streaming service Sling TV to offer an exclusive, branded sports betting information channel
NFL

The National Football League has partnered with American-based audio company iHeartMedia on a multi-year, exclusive deal to create a new league-branded podcast network
Baseball
USA

Despite ratings issues across much of the American sports industry and political turbulence within its own league, Major League Baseball is seeing record-level digital engagement during the early going…
Multi-sport
USA

Nielsen Media Research, the firm behind ratings data that drives much of the television industry in the United States, is under increasing fire as a network advocacy group is calling for an independent…
Multi-sport
USA

Two of the biggest content producers and sports rights-holders in Spanish-language media are coming together as Grupo Televisa and Univision Holdings Inc. are merging in a $4.8bn (€4.0