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$300M/yrUFC ESPN media rights dealEP 179 · 28:30 · SHAAN · UFC · ESPN · Fox

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ESPN pays UFC $300M/year for media rights, up from Fox's $168M

The UFC's broadcast rights jumped from $168M/year on Fox to $300M/year when they moved to ESPN — and that $300M of media rights makes up a third of the UFC's ~$900M annual revenue.

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UFC ESPN media rights deal · USD/year
“so it's the Fox deal was $168 million a year and then the ESPN deal was $300 million a year. And that actually paid off pretty big because of their $900 million in revenue, $300 million comes from the media rights. The rest comes from merchandise, events, pay-per-view, sorry, ticket sales, all that good stuff.”
EP 179 · 28:30 · SHAAN
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The broke Hollywood writer who became ESPN's fantasy sports star

Matt Berry was a miserable Hollywood screenwriter who quit, went broke, and started blogging about fantasy sports for $100 a post. His writing skill built a huge audience, he launched a paid subscription site, ESPN bought it, and he ended up far happier and richer.

“That guy was a Hollywood screenwriter. He was writing movies and TV shows and he hated his life and he quit that. He's making a ton of money. He quit that. Started writing blog. He just loves sports and fantasy sports. He started blogging about that for $100 a blog post.”
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