Fox Sports Not Happy with Dodgers' Media-Rights Dealings
Fox Sports is apparently unhappy with the MLB-controlled Dodgers’ plan to hire Blackstone Group to market the team’s media rights. The News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal calls News Corp-owned Fox Sports one of Frank McCourt’s “biggest supporters,” and isn’t too pleased with the move either.
The Dodgers’ move to hire Blackstone to market its broadcast rights is key to the team’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy with Mr. McCourt’s ownership stake fully intact. The tactic, however, threatens to anger Fox, which until the bankruptcy had been a supporter and lender to the team.
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