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Does ESPN have anywhere to go but down?

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Fellow at the Peabody Media Center and Professor of Communication Studies and Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan
imageESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.AP Photo/Jessica Hill

ESPN’s announcement of more layoffs marked yet another setback for the cable sports network – and it could signal the unraveling of the business model that’s underpinned sports broadcasting for decades.

In August 2015, the revelation that ESPN had lost subscribers led...

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