ESPN announced a slew of new sports rights deals Tuesday and Wednesday, helping to position the network as a must buy for sports fans ahead of the fall 2025 season.
Why it matters: The deals provide a glimpse of ESPN's content priorities ahead of its new streaming service launch this fall.
SB Nation, one of the highest traffic brands within the Vox Media portfolio, has redesigned its website and its dozens of niche sports fan websites to include a new community content section called "The Feed," Vox Media president of revenue and growth Ryan Pauley told Axios.
Why it matters: The redesign, which places user and fan content alongside SB Nation's professionally created content, is meant to help the brand recapture engagement that occurs on external social media feeds instead of its sites.
Several of this summer's top movies are sequels arriving decades after the original films premiered.
Why it matters: With franchise fatigue setting in, studios are tapping into the nostalgia of older gems that haven't been exploited yet to lure viewers back to the box office.