Skipper Keeps ESPN Ship Steady As She Grows

摘要

The sports business has never been a more prominent part of the TV playbook. Despite new pressure from political and business critics complaining of skyrocketing rights fees, media companies are putting bigger bets on sports and looking to take on ESPN, which bills itself, without exaggeration, as the worldwide leader. Since being named president of ESPN and chairman of Disney Media Networks in January 2012, John Skipper has maintained that leadership.