All entries tagged: MLB Network
When the league owns the network — and pays the journalists: A new set of ethical questions arise
With no live programming in the morning, MLB Network had to scramble to assemble its crew after the bombshell broke Feb. 7: Sports Illustrated’s Selena Roberts and David Epstein were reporting that Alex Rodriguez had tested positive for steroids in 2003 as a member of the Texas Rangers. But within a few hours, MLB Network [...]
Sports leagues as media moguls: What happens when the people we cover start to control the news?
[Today, we're starting a four-part series by our friend Justin Rice on how the media tables are turning in the world of sports, where the subjects of coverage are becoming the creators of coverage — and what implications those shifts have for the rest of the news business. —Josh]
Thirty-eight days after Major League Baseball launched [...]
