Why Is ESPN Hurting? Politics, Cord-Cutting, Overspending

Why Is ESPN Hurting? Politics, Cord-Cutting, Overspending
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What happened to ESPN?

Everyone has their own explanation. Conservatives says the channel got too political. Cable executives say the company has gotten caught up in the cord-cutting revolution. Internet evangelists say that Bristol never figured out the internet. Finance people say that the company overpaid for content in the form of long-term league contracts, which were improperly valued and left no room for maneuver.

All of these explanations are correct.

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