When Brian Lawlor took over as president of Scripps Sports, parent company of Ion Network, in 2022 he looked to position the network squarely in the sports space, specifically in women’s sports.
Candace Parker of the Las Vegas Aces is guarded by Jonquel Jones of the New York Liberty in a 2023 WNBA game. Ethan Miller/Getty Images E.W. Scripps, which acquired ION in 2020, is repositioning the ...
The WNBA partnership with Scripps Sports is continuing. The league and the company jointly announced Friday that they’ve reached a multi-year extension of their current rights deal, oriented around a ...
As the pop culture phrase states, if you know you know, and WNBA media members and fans knew this season was unprecedented and record shattering. But just how record shattering was this year in ...
Women’s track and field meeting series Athlos has tapped the E. W. Scripps Company and its broadcast network Ion to serve as the domestic television distributor for this year’s Athlos NYC competition ...
The WNBA and Scripps have reached a new multi-year agreement to continue airing WNBA regular season games on Friday nights on ION, the parties announced Friday. ION has aired WNBA games since 2023, ...
Delivering on its ratings promises is the backbone of ION Media Networks’ upfront push this sales season, says ION Chairman and CEO Brandon Burgess. This has been the company’s strategy for years, ...
Ion Media will offer its three networks in high definition next year. The trio includes its recently re-branded general entertainment network and two digital multicast channels. The flagship Ion ...