John Skipper
John Skipper
John Skipper is an American businessman and is the president of ESPN Inc. and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks as of January 1, 2012...
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Al was not comfortable and let us know that he was not comfortable with the way that we were going. We want to work with the people who want to work with us. We made a decision quickly to move on.
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He let us know he was not comfortable with our vision of where we were going. We want to go with those who want to work with us. So we made the decision quickly to move on.
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I've never been a believer that we should create channels for all these niches like beach volleyball. They just don't pencil out. Because if you have 12,000 people, you can't afford to do it. And if you can't afford to do it, you can't make any money on it.
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Ruffian's story is one of the most poignant of her time. This project will continue our strategy to make content available to consumers across multiple platforms and serve fans with superior programming.
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You'll expect to see this year much more coverage from us online, and we'll do a dedicated World Cup site -- expect to see phone updates and alerts and highlights,
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We were very happy with our relations with Sega, ... However, if you think about who you want to be working with for the long term ... EA is the natural choice for us to be associated with.
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We will propel MNF into a 21st century, all-day, exclusive, multi-media event that will engage fans in entirely new ways.
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We're thrilled our team is now in place. It's a brand-new team that we think will create a buzz. And we think every week will be a mini-Super Bowl.
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We will double the fans that watch Monday Night Football in a measured audience across all our platforms.
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First and foremost, The Full Circle initiative demonstrates ESPN's commitment to serving fans however and wherever they consume sports. It also offers a wonderful showcase of the collective exposure we can provide, particularly for a big event like North Carolina-Duke, which appropriately takes place on the first anniversary of ESPNU. In time, we plan to build the Full Circle concept by applying similar blanket coverage to future events.
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Nothing finalized. It's natural we'd think about things such as the X-games. We certainly play a lot of poker on our air, so we're thinking about that. We're also thinking about bass. We have the rights to the bass license.
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Nothing finalized, ... It's natural we'd think about things such as the X-games. We certainly play a lot of poker on our air, so we're thinking about that. We're also thinking about bass. We have the rights to the bass license.
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We plan to build the Full Circle concept by applying similar blanket coverage to future events.
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Al wasn't comfortable with our vision. We reached a satisfactory resolution with Al. He did a fantastic job at ABC for 30 years, but once he said 'No,' we needed to move forward. We want to work with people who want to work with us.