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Several companies owned by Rupert Murdoch are clearly at odds over the specifics of Tom Brady’s deal with Fox.
Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, a publication owned by Murdoch’s News Corp., said on Tuesday that Fox would pay Brady $ 375 million under a 10-year contract that begins when he retires from football. Through Marchand, a Fox spokesman generally opposed the accuracy of the report on Brady’s deal.
“What was announced is not an accurate description of the deal, and we did not release details beyond what was revealed in our quarterly earnings conversation,” said Fox corporate spokesman Brian Nick.
Although Marchand points out that Nick did not specify the inaccuracy, it does not seem that three assumptions are needed. Or two.
The only details reported about the Brady deal were duration and value. Thus, if Fox says that what is reported is not an accurate description of the transaction, the statement necessarily challenges Marchand’s reporting.
Marshan writes that his sources have repeated the details he provided. The bigger point is that a couple of Murdoch-owned companies are not on the same page about the dollars that ultimately have to be paid to Murdoch’s newest employee.
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