NFL
Will Amazon Get the First Streaming Super Bowl?
It’s virtually inevitable that a streamer will land the exclusive rights to host the Super Bowl within the next decade. And Amazon Prime Video, which has already proven itself with ‘Thursday Night Football’ and sits atop a geyser of e-commerce money, would be the natural successor to a six-decade tradition.
Eriq Gardner
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April 14, 2026
How Trump’s Anti-NFL Crusade Could Backfire
Stripping the league of its antitrust protection, which has already been winnowed down by courts, may lead to more football games on paid streaming, and a challenging landscape for conservative broadcasters like Sinclair and Nexstar.
John Ourand
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April 13, 2026
Could Amazon Steal ‘Sunday Night Football’?
Ahead of NFL Kickoff in September, the streaming wolves are circling Sunday Night Football—so media-industry equity research analyst Michael Nathanson stopped by to sketch out what’s at stake for the networks and the league.
John Ourand
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April 9, 2026
The NFL’s 18th Game Kremlinology
The D.O.J.’s new investigation into the NFL is ostensibly a major setback for the Shield. And yet, there are some potential upsides to kicking rights negotiations down the road…
John Ourand
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April 6, 2026
Cut-Down Day Is Coming at ESPN
Layoffs are coming as the sports network deals with cord-cutting, the YouTube TV blackout, and uncertainty around whether Josh D’Amaro is going to spin it off to Wall Street cheers.
Matthew Belloni
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April 3, 2026
Roger Goodell Is Blitzing the Hell Out of Hollywood
For linear television networks, NFL rights have never been less affordable or more vital. The Shield has the networks over a $16 billion barrel, forcing them to cut elsewhere just to stay in the game. Unless Brendan Carr decides to put Roger in his place…
Eriq Gardner
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March 30, 2026
Their Eyes Were Watching Goodell
The NFL’s bid to fix blown calls with centralized, A.I.-assisted officiating—framed as insurance against a referee lockout—risks morphing into a far messier test case at the intersection of gambling, union power, and the future of human labor on the field.
John Ourand
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March 23, 2026
Is Goodell Overplaying His Hand?
The NFL wants more money from its broadcast and streaming partners and hasn’t been shy about its desire to rip up its current, and still-young, contract to get it. On the media side, there are quiet but growing questions about whether the league’s ask is too high.
Eriq Gardner
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March 10, 2026
Murdoch’s Mexico War & An Ellison Merger Lesson
News and notes on Fox’s bizarre trademark war in Mexico, a Ninth Circuit appeal that could revive the NFL’s $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket punishment, and why Disney may soon be negotiating streaming bundles with itself.