Disney reaches new media rights deal with NFL: Sports Business Journal

© Reuters/BRENDAN MCDERMIDFILE PHOTO: A screen shows the trading info for The Walt Disney Company company on the floor of the NYSE in New York

(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has reached an agreement with the National Football League (NFL) for new media rights where sports channel ESPN will renew 'Monday Night Football' and ABC will return to the Super Bowl rotation, the Sports Business Journal reported on Friday, citing sources.

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Disney did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.

(Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)