ESPN Snags Expanded Wimbledon Rights in 12-Year Pact

EXCLUSIVE: Charles Murray, a writer and producer whose wide-ranging credits include Sons of Anarchy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Luke Cage, has set a slate deal with Redbox Entertainment spanning six films over three years.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSportscaster Maria Taylor has moved into a new role at NBC Sports, where she made her first appearance Friday during the network’s Olympics coverage.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN and Maria Taylor, an up-and-coming on-air personality, have parted ways in the wake of an internal controversy that spilled into the public arena and drew new scrutiny of diversity policies at the Disney-owned sports-media giant.“There is no doubt we will miss Maria, but we remain determined to continue to build a deep and skilled talent roster that thoroughly reflects the athletes we cover and the fans we serve” said Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN’s chairman, in a

Britney Spears‘ mother, Lynne Spears, and her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, each shared cryptic social media posts following the singer’s major legal win in her conservatorship case on Wednesday, July 14. After Britney, 39, was granted her own lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, in court, her 66-year-old mother shared a bible verse on Instagram. The message read: “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAn increasing amount of what ESPN does isn’t going to be seen on good ol’ ESPN.“Sunday Night Baseball” has been a mainstay of the Disney sports network since the show’s launch in 1990, but on August 8, the program will air on ESPN’s corporate cousin, ABC. When ESPN this fall launches its first NHL season coverage in a decade and a half, a good chunk of the games will be made available for viewing by ESPN digital subscribers on Hulu.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS and Charter Communications, one of the nation’s biggest cable distributors, have struck a new multi-year distribution agreement that calls for licensing ViacomCBS’ suite of streaming services as part of the deal.

Ellise Shafer administratorBritney Spears celebrated Wednesday’s court hearing with a gratitude-filled Instagram post, even using the hashtag “#FreeBritney.”Following her conservatorship hearing, Spears posted on social media to express her relief at being able to hire her own lawyer. “Coming along, folks … coming along !!!!!” Spears wrote, along with the middle finger emoji.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN plans to drill deeper into issues of diversity and inclusion, going as far as to examine the exit interviews of recently departed employees, in the wake of a dispute that has engulfed two of the network’s basketball reporters, the chairman of the Disney-backed outlet told staffers in a memo.“Change takes time, and I ask for your partnership on this journey,” ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said to employees in the memo, which was circulated last week.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDisney will raise the monthly and annual fees for ESPN Plus, one of three different subscription-based streaming services it operates in the U.S., in a maneuver that signals how much the media industry is starting to depend on those direct-to-consumer outlets for new revenue.Starting on Aug. 13, the price of an ESPN Plus subscription will rise to $6.99 a month and $69.99 a year, up from $5.99 a month and $59.99 per year.

Post Malone shared the visuals for his latest single "Motley Crew" on Friday, after teasing the clip over the past week. The track is the rapper's first original release since his album Hollywood's Bleeding, which dropped back in 2019.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.BTS thrilled fans with the release of their second English-language single of the summer, following up «Butter» with their next sunny jam, «Permission to Dance.» Both tracks were co-written by songwriter/producer Jenna Andrews, who offered an exclusive look at how the magical music process came together.As it turns out, it was Andrews who

ESPN will continue to be the exclusive home of Wimbledon in the U.S. under the terms of a new 12-year agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis Club, the Disney-owned sportscaster said Friday.

Jeanette McCurdy brought laughs to a generation of kids as “iCarly” sidekick Sam Puckett, but at the time she was starring in the hit Nickelodeon sitcom her real-life teenage years were far darker, including a painful struggle with bulimia that she credits to her mother.

Bella Hadid appears to be having brushes with love.

Post Malone has shared a preview of the video for his upcoming new single ‘Motley Crew’ – you can watch the clip below.The rapper/singer is set to make his return tomorrow (July 9) with his first solo single of 2021.Posting on Instagram last night (July 7), Malone shared a preview clip from the ‘Motley Crew’ video.

EXCLUSIVE: Virgin River‘s Benjamin Hollingsworth is set for a recurring role in Joe Pickett, Spectrum Originals drama based on C.J Box’s novels.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN had to devise a new game plan for the NBA Finals.The Disney-owned sports-media giant said it would move its veteran basketball reporter Rachel Nichols off sideline duties for the NBA Finals, slated to be broadcast tonight on ABC and feature the Milwaukee Bucks taking on the Phoenix Suns, and utilize Malika Andrews instead as it grapples with new scrutiny over how it handled a bizarre leak of Nichols on video appearing to disparage last year’s decision to use