According to the Wall Street Journal, the Walt Disney Company is reviewing bids for the 22 Regional Sports Networks that it tentatively acquired in the $71.3 billion purchase of most of Fox. For the mega-deal to gain approval from the U.S. Department of Justice, RSNs such as the highly successful YES Network, need to be sold (Disney already owns ESPN) — and it just so happens that the Yankees are in the market to buy the remaining 80 percent of their TV namesake.
However, Disney currently values the Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network, which also carries Brooklyn Nets telecasts, between $5 and $6 billion.