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Kenny Mayne, a longtime anchor and correspondent on ESPN who was also a wisecracking presence at the network’s annual upfront presentation, is exiting after a 27-year run. “I am leaving ESPN,” he tweeted, in a laconic style suited to his on-air demeanor. “Salary cap casualty.” Among the people he thanked in the tweet…

Veteran ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne brought back his long-running, crowd-pleasing act during today’s upfronts presentation: a 5-minute standup bit where the Washington state native dryly roasts the TV ad racket. While not quite as well-known as upfronts appearances by broadcast late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel (at ABC), Seth…

ESPN took over Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre, home of majority owner Disney’s The Lion King, for its Upfront presentation this morning, where the themes were bringing the Great Uncounted into the audience-measurement fold, and “the universal power of live.” “It’s not enough to simply say we’re ubiquitous,” Ed Erhardt, ES…