ESPN Inc.

American sports media conglomerate
Organization business Q17085515
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ESPN Inc.

Summary

ESPN Inc. is a business[1]. ESPN Inc. ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ESPN Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business[3].
  • ESPN Inc.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[4].
  • ESPN Inc.'s founder is recorded as Bill Rasmussen[5].
  • ESPN Inc.'s owned by is recorded as Hearst Communications[6].
  • ESPN Inc.'s owned by is recorded as The Walt Disney Company[7].
  • ESPN Inc.'s owned by is recorded as National Football League[8].
  • ESPN Inc.'s logo image is recorded as ESPN wordmark.svg[9].
  • ESPN Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[10].
  • ESPN Inc.'s ISNI is recorded as 0000000091632206[11].
  • ESPN Inc.'s VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134107566[12].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2010052601[13].
  • ESPN Inc.'s industry is recorded as television[14].
  • +1979-09-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ESPN Inc.[15].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gx0dwy[16].
  • ESPN Inc.'s official website is recorded as https://www.espn.com/[17].
  • ESPN Inc.'s topic's main category is recorded as Q32119688[18].
  • ESPN Inc.'s described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/espn-inc-history/[19].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/ESPN-Inc[20].
  • ESPN Inc.'s legal form is recorded as corporation[21].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as espn[22].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Ringgold ID is recorded as 116560[23].
  • ESPN Inc.'s small logo or icon is recorded as ESPN E icon.svg[24].
  • ESPN Inc.'s Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/bf14bdf8-798f-4c4e-b98c-432a16061d40[25].
  • ESPN Inc.'s GamesIndustry.biz tag ID is recorded as companies/espn[26].

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Founding

ESPN Inc.'s founder is recorded as Bill Rasmussen[5]. +1979-09-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ESPN Inc.[15].

Operations

ESPN Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Bristol[10].

Industry

ESPN Inc.'s industry is recorded as television[14].

Ownership

Owners include Hearst Communications[6], a business[27], in United States[28], founded in 1887[29], headquartered in Hearst Tower[30]; The Walt Disney Company[7], a film production company[31], in United States[32], founded in 1923[33], headquartered in Burbank[34]; and National Football League[8], a professional sports league[35], in United States[36], founded in 1920[37], headquartered in 345 Park Avenue[38].

Why It Matters

ESPN Inc. ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[2] ESPN Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] ESPN Inc. is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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