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Volume 23 No. 39
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ESPN’s new deal doubles rights fee

May 9, 2016
My friends Terry Lefton and John Lombardo uncovered an interesting nugget in their excellent piece on the WNBA’s 20th season in this week’s issue. I was surprised to learn that ESPN has committed to pay the women’s basketball league a rights fee of about $25 million a year start...

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