Local broadcasters are crucial for MLB. Now many are in trouble
by Tom Dart from US news | The Guardian on (#6AE3N)
One of baseball's largest broadcasters has filed for bankruptcy. But even with some revenue streams threatened, teams are rising in value
Tucker Carlson didn't stand a chance. In the battle for eyeballs in St Louis, the Fox News provocateur could never own primetime like Albert Pujols.
St Louis Cardinals games during the beloved slugger's farewell season last summer were watched by more than four times as many viewers in the MLB team's home city as the next-most popular cable show, Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News.
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