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it's mostly business driven. milwaukee's media market ranks between columbus ohio and greenville, spartanburg, asheville nc's in size....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Sep 7 '11, 07:41

a national network is always going to concentrate its coverage on the bigger media markets because they are far more important to the bottom line. it's the nature of the beast, and the immense--and i do mean immense--success of espn within the disney network as the one area that consistently delivers profits is a testament to just how smart that thing is managed with an eye towards making money.

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I understand all that. But to a sports fan, who wants to see highlights of their team.... - groiny Sep 7, 07:44 10
- A perfect example was Jeter's 3000 as opposed to Thome's 600. - Jim Sep 7, 07:46 9
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    - but did they give it as much play as Jeter's 3000????? - groiny Sep 7, 07:51 5
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        and just to be clear, I loved seeing Jeter hit 3000, I watched the highlights several times. - groiny Sep 7, 07:58
        
        so, at the end of the day, we are in agreeance? - groiny Sep 7, 07:53 2
        
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        considering that when I used to watch ESPN News, or Sportscenter - groiny Sep 7, 08:01
    - no one cares about saves. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 7, 07:50
  - yes, this should have been a HUGE story, with everything tainted by steroids - groiny Sep 7, 07:49

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it's mostly business driven. milwaukee's media market ranks between columbus ohio and greenville, spartanburg, asheville nc's in size....

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