ESPN competitors

Zippia score 4.6

ESPN main competitors are HBO, CBS Sports Network, and Clear Channel Airport.

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NBCUniversal has the most employees (35,000).
Employees at HBO earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $81,323.

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ESPN vs competitors

Company	Founding date	Zippia score	Headquarters	# of Locations	Revenue	Employees
ESPN	1979	4.6	Bristol, CT	6	$4.0B	1,250
CBS Sports Network	2002	4.8	New York, NY	1	$73.9M	230
The Associated Press	1846	4.7	New York, NY	2	$568.1M	3,300
Raycom Sports	1979	4.0	Charlotte, NC	1	$9.2M	51
National Football League	1920	4.2	New York, NY	3	$930.0M	3,595
NBCUniversal	1926	4.8	New York, NY	9	$33.0B	65,000
Fox News	1982	4.1	New York, NY	13	$14.0B	22,400
NBC International Ltd.	-	4.2	New York, NY	1	$5.4M	30
CNN	1980	4.8	Atlanta, GA	3	$2.0B	5,392
FOX Sports	1994	4.7	Los Angeles, CA	1	-	376
Clear Channel Airport	-	4.5	Chicago, IL	1	$23.6M	70
ABC News	1947	3.6	Los Angeles, CA	1	$380,000	50
HBO	1972	4.8	New York, NY	2	$5.9B	2,050
WCNY	1964	3.7	Syracuse, NY	1	$7.5M	125
Npr	1970	4.8	Washington, DC	2	$208.0M	741
ABC Holding Co Inc	1974	4.6	Glendale, CA	1	$2.1B	8,000
Urban One	1980	4.3	Silver Spring, MD	1	$449.7M	1,011
National Geographic	1888	4.7	Washington, DC	1	$499.2M	1,500
Detroit Public Television	1955	3.9	Wixom, MI	1	$20.0M	50
Univision Holdings, Inc.	2006	4.3	New York, NY	3	$5.3M	4,008
KQED	1954	4.3	San Francisco, CA	1	$45.0M	50

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ESPN salaries vs competitors

Among ESPN competitors, employees at HBO earn the most with an average yearly salary of $81,323.

Compare ESPN salaries vs competitors

Company	Average salary	Hourly salary	Salary score
ESPN	$60,383	$29.03	-
CBS Sports Network	$75,685	$36.39	-
The Associated Press	$62,361	$29.98	-
Raycom Sports	$62,765	$30.18	-
National Football League	$53,871	$25.90	-
NBCUniversal	$57,348	$27.57	-

Compare ESPN job title salaries vs competitors

Company	Highest salary	Hourly salary
ESPN	$116,841	$56.17
HBO	$111,803	$53.75
Fox News	$105,442	$50.69
CBS Sports Network	$101,742	$48.91
NBCUniversal	$98,916	$47.56
National Geographic	$87,854	$42.24
FOX Sports	$86,829	$41.74
Univision Holdings, Inc.	$80,182	$38.55
Clear Channel Airport	$78,287	$37.64
CNN	$76,395	$36.73
KQED	$73,520	$35.35
ABC Holding Co Inc	$72,700	$34.95
The Associated Press	$69,536	$33.43
NBC International Ltd.	$68,048	$32.72
WCNY	$65,825	$31.65
Npr	$64,370	$30.95
Urban One	$62,035	$29.82
ABC News	$60,262	$28.97
Raycom Sports	$57,394	$27.59
National Football League	$56,087	$26.96

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ESPN jobs

ESPN demographics vs competitors

Compare gender at ESPN vs competitors

Job title	Male	Female
Urban One	45%	55%
CNN	52%	48%
ABC Holding Co Inc	52%	48%
Fox News	52%	48%
HBO	55%	45%
ESPN	67%	33%

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Compare race at ESPN vs competitors

Company	White	Hispanic or Latino	Black or African American	Asian	Unknown	Diversity score
ESPN	61%	16%	12%	8%	4%	9.5
Urban One	60%	11%	19%	7%	3%	9.3
ABC Holding Co Inc	60%	16%	11%	8%	4%	9.9
CNN	54%	15%	18%	9%	4%	9.7
Fox News	59%	18%	13%	7%	4%	9.8
HBO	54%	20%	12%	10%	4%	9.3

ESPN and similar companies CEOs

CEOBio

Alfred Liggins III

Urban One

Lachlan K. Murdoch

Fox News

Larry Gerdes

HBO

Gerdes has served as a member of our board since 2007. He previously served as a director of CBOT since 2005.Gerdes has served as CEO of Pursuant Health (formerly SoloHealth), a private health-care company in Atlanta, since February 2014 and as its Executive Chairman of the Board since November 2013. He was initially appointed to the Board in 2007 and as the Chairman in 2012. He has also served as a general partner of Sand Hill Financial Company, a venture capital partnership, since 1983.Gerdes is also a general partner of Gerdes Huff Investments.Gerdes is a major shareholder and President of Friesland Farms, LLC. Gerdes formerly served as Chairman and CEO of Transcend Services, concluding with the sale of that company in April 2012 and as a director of Access Plans, Inc., from 2001 until its sale in June, 2012.Gerdes is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and serves as trustee for Monmouth College.

Paul Allen

National Football League

Paul Allen works at National Football League (NFL) and a Chief Executive Officer at National Football League (NFL) and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Gina Garrubbo

Npr

Jeff Shell

NBC International Ltd.

Jeff Shell

NBCUniversal

Daisy Veerasingham

The Associated Press

Daisy Veerasingham was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in February of 2021. Veerasingham had been chief revenue officer since 2019, and continues to lead the company’s revenue division and serve on the AP Management Committee. Veerasingham joined AP in 2004 as sales director for AP Television News in London and was promoted to senior vice president for international revenue in 2010. In that role, she led all international content licensing, AP Global Media Services and AP’s video business, including the news agency’s multichannel live video service. Prior to joining AP, she was group sales and marketing director at LexisNexis and also held sales and marketing roles at the Financial Times. Based in London, Veerasingham will relocate to AP’s headquarters in New York.

Wade Davis

Univision Holdings, Inc.

Hunter Nickell

Raycom Sports

Hunter Nickell works at Raycom Sports and a Chief Executive Officer at Raycom Sports and is based in Ashburn, Virginia.