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Daniel Frankel

Sports Media Shocker: NFL Reportedly in Advanced Talks To Buy an Equity Stake in ESPN

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The NFL is advanced talks with The Walt Disney Co. to buy an equity stake in ESPN, the New York Post reports. 

Citing unnamed sources, the paper's Andrew Marchand writes that under an arrangement being considered by the league and the cable sports giant's parent company, ESPN would also take over operational control of NFL Media, which includes the NFL Network and NFL Red Zone.

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