With Thursday’s news that The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century FOX have struck a deal that will give the parent of ABC control of 23 FOX Sports-branded regional cable networks and create a “new FOX” housing its broadcast TV O&Os, one may wonder if this will impact — positively or negatively — the brokerage community.
For Media Services Group Managing Director Eddie Esserman, the answer is no.
He also said just hours before a two-week vacation that his phone has been ringing a lot — and that’s unusual, and positive.
