Other investors, including Lester Crown, Jerry Speyer, and Marvin Goldklang[2] own minority stakes.
[4] After the proposed sale fell through, the Yankees and New Jersey Nets of the NBA agreed to merge business operations, creating a combined holding company.
[4] After an IMG proposed partnership channel, an MSG/Cablevision lawsuit and a termination payment by September 2001, YankeeNets had cleared the way to start its Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network with 40% outside ownership.
[5] Since the founding, the two ownership groups had clashed over team management, players' contract, purchasing the Devils and YES Network.
As a consequence, each of the network's previous owners had their ownership stakes reduced with Yankee Global's new holdings to be 25% share.
[14] With Disney acquiring most of 21st Century Fox, Yankee Global began considering purchasing back the share of YES Network it did not own.
[14] On June 27, 2018, the United States Department of Justice gave antitrust approval to Disney under the condition of selling Fox's 22 regional sports channels, to which the company has agreed.
[16] On August 30, 2022, it was announced that Yankee Global Enterprises acquired a 10% stake in Italian soccer club AC Milan along with RedBird Capital Partners.