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Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is burning bridges with Fox Sports, which, until recently, had been one of his last remaining supporters in a years-long dispute with Major League Baseball over the team’s finances.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Fox Sports is disputing McCourt’s request to hire Blackstone Group to market the team's media rights. In court papers filed Friday, Fox Sports’ Prime Ticket, the Dodgers’ primary television partner, said that the proposed marketing plan interferes with its current agreement to broadcast Dodgers games through the 2013 season and violates a provision that gives Fox Sports exclusive negotiation rights through November 2012.
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