Tag: John Skipper

"This was always a Disney-led effort in my opinion. I thought that Disney always got the preponderance of benefit."

"With Stephen A., he is maybe the hardest-working on-air talent – among the hardest-working on-air talents – I ever saw."

The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV are currently engaged in a carriage dispute that has caused the Disney portfolio of networks, including ESPN platforms,...

Earlier in the month, FuboTV received a preliminary injunction in its antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, FOX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery...

"I genuinely believe that at the start of the negotiation, they would have been quite happy if TNT and ESPN had renewed."

The NBA Board of Governors voted to ratify the new media rights deal with The Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, NBCUniversal and Amazon’s Prime Video...

"Many entertaining and interesting analysts grace the television airwaves today, but none are Charles Barkley. His exit would create a massive issue for the NBA as it would take away its top TV star, and the league's best program outside of games."

“If he worked for a network I was in charge of, I would be very discomfited by his going around and telling me how to do my job."

"If you’re a shareholder, this is why you’re saying he’s brilliant is because if you were a shareholder, you would be glad they walked away from this very expensive package."

"It’s not for me to accuse anybody of mendacity, but I am puzzled by it."