ESPN to Launch Magazine in Spanish
Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN Inc. announced that it would launch a monthly Spanish-language edition of ESPN the Magazine in partnership with Mexico’s largest media company, Grupo Televisa.
The magazine, which is scheduled to roll out in May, will be called ESPN Desportes. It will target the lucrative U.S. Latino market with coverage of international soccer, the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Caribbean and Mexican League baseball, boxing, auto racing and other sports.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. March 19, 2005 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday March 19, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 34 words Type of Material: Correction
Sports magazine -- An article in Thursday’s Business section about ESPN Inc.’s plan to launch a monthly Spanish-language edition of ESPN the Magazine misspelled the name of the publication, ESPN Deportes, as ESPN Desportes.
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