The Cliff Path Civil War

Gerrit Cole
YES Network’s deal with Comcast ended last year, and the R.S.N. is resisting Comcast’s cliff path directive. Photo: Ed Zurga/Getty Images
John Ourand
January 14, 2025

The regional sports network business’s fight for survival has become so desperate that, like a civil war, it has now turned brother on brother, father on son, etcetera, all in the name of preserving the viability of the cable bundle for a few more years. At the very least (and more accurately), it’s forced a media conglomerate to eat its own portfolio companies.