News Corp opts out of Optus EPL coverage

November 2, 2015 11:03

News that Optus has nicked the English Premier League rights from Fox Sports made the front pages of pretty much every news website and channel in the country.

Except, that is, for any News Corp properties – the owners of Fox Sports.

While the news broke after Optus set up a press release at 9.24am, as of 11am Dr Mumbo couldn’t find any mention of it on sites including The Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, or Fox Sports’ own site.

Similarly the Fox Sports News channel and Sky News channels seem to have missed it.

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