ESPN, ABC Sports Merge Operations

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NEW YORK ESPN will take over the programming of ABC Sports under a consolidation of the non-production operations of ABC Sports and ESPN. In addition to programming, the ABC Sports marketing, communications, finance and legal units, among others, will now be merged into and managed by ESPN.

The ABC Sports production group will continue to be part of the ABC Television Network, and the ABC Sports brand will continue as the company’s national broadcast platform.

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