Article: Having dominated U.S. national athletics, ESPN aims for local markets ; Sports network adding Web sites for New York, Los Angeles and Dallas

Brooks Barnes
International Herald Tribune
07-21-2009
Having dominated U.S. national athletics, ESPN aims for local markets ; Sports network adding Web sites for New York, Los Angeles and Dallas
Byline: Brooks Barnes
Type: News

The network's push to control hometown sports coverage in the United States threatens one of the last strongholds of local newspapers and television stations.

Not content with being a sports colossus with broadcasts in 200 countries, ESPN is taking aim at hometown sports coverage in the United States, threatening one of the last strongholds of local newspapers and television stations.
ESPN has long dominated the coverage of U.S. national athletics, pumping out news ...

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