Wall Street Journal
"As more money moves towards the Internet, you're going to have to have talent," says ESPN content veep
John Skipper. "The talent is going to have to come from traditional media. ...Content is increasingly valuable, particularly differentiating content. There just are not that many guys who can provide that." Sports Illustrated editor
Terry McDonell complains that ESPN is "running all over the sports landscape trying to money-whip everybody into their barn."
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ESPN buys SchoolSports Inc., a high school-focused media company (BH)