Disney Deepens Ties with Vice in New Deal with ESPN

Bloomberg: Vice Media will produce TV shows and web series for Disney’s ESPN, the most-watched sports network in the U.S., a deal that deepens the ties between the two companies. ESPN will air Vice’s “The Clubhouse,” in which athletes talk to viewers off the field, on both its TV network and on the web, and carry new episodes of “Vice World of Sports,” after they air on Vice’s cable network Viceland. The two companies also will jointly develop short-form series.