‘Not a Ban, Just Guidelines’: ESPN Responds To New Twitter Policy

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When ESPN’s Ric Bucher revealed this week that ESPN was “prohibiting” its reporters from any sports-related Twitter activity not sanctioned by ESPN.com, we questioned whether this “ban” was an example of micro-management of intellectual property between employer and employee. ESPN disagreed (via Twitter). The following is an exclusive follow-up with ESPN spokesman Paul Melvin, whose non-comment on Bucher’s current status with ESPN raises more question than answers.