Report: Cubs Pitching Marquee Network to Providers at $4 Carriage Fee

Photo via @Cubs Twitter screen grabThere’s been a lot of speculation about the Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network since it was first reported that the team would be partnering with Sinclair Broadcast Group on the new venture. Operations to prep for the February 2020 launch are now a full go, with Michael McCarthy named GM of the network and pitches to cable and satellite providers reportedly underway.

That had been assumed earlier in the week when Crane Kenney, Cubs president of business operations, spoke transparently about how the network would produce “much larger” revenue for the club starting next year. Those new dollars will come in the form of fixed rights fees being paid to the Cubs by the…