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Wednesday briefing: Premier League and Football League agree pooling of media rights

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The EPL CEO Richard Masters has confirmed an agreement in principle to pool media rights revenues with the Football League reports Senior Correspondent, James Corbett.

The deal, which is set to come in in 2025/26, opens up the way for a joint sale of media rights when existing contracts end.

Speaking before MPs at a Culture Media and Sport select committee hearing, Masters claimed that the deal would “essentially double” existing solidarity payments between the E

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