How Rupert Murdoch could go to war with ESPN

July 20, 2014 00:30

The blockbuster news that Rupert Murdoch bid $80 billion for Time Warner -- and was at least temporarily rebuffed -- points to an impending seismic shift in the media landscape.

And, as the New York Times points out today, nowhere would that shift be felt more than in the business of televised sports.

A Fox takeover of Time Warner could do what no one has been able to accomplish in 35 years: create a true competitor to ESPN.

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