06 · Bloomberg Law
"Walter Sells Lakers, Seeks Cash to Pay Loans Amid DOJ Probe"
Why it matters
TWG Global is raising capital amid DOJ scrutiny of loans between Mark Walter's insurers and his empire, and the Lakers sale helps pay that down.
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07 · The Athletic
"Lakers sale: Mark Walter, Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner"
Why it matters
Kushner approached Walter last Friday and the $12.5B Lakers deal came together in about five days; the Board of Governors must still approve.
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08 · The Athletic
"The Braves shocked the industry by signing 2026 draft picks to $500 deals"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Wall Street money flowing into sports.
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09 · The Athletic
"Trail Blazers have commitments to fund arena renovations. Now comes the hard part"
Why it matters
Portland's city council committed to Trail Blazers arena renovation funding, with the lease fight still ahead.
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10 · SportBusiness
"Does the Esports World Cup make money?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Wall Street money flowing into sports.
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11 · SportBusiness
"Uefa, AFC, Concacaf push for Infantino resignation"
Why it matters
UEFA, the AFC and Concacaf are pushing for Gianni Infantino's resignation.
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12 · NBC Chicago
"Bears' owner gives updates on Indiana stadium site, Arlington Heights"
Why it matters
Bears chairman George McCaskey confirmed due diligence on a stadium site in Hammond, Indiana, after Illinois incentive legislation failed.
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13 · Reuters
"Jessica Pegula says WTA genetic testing has begun"
Why it matters
The WTA has begun genetic sex testing at the Cincinnati Open.
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14 · Puck
"Six Tough Truths About David Ellison and WarnerMount"
Why it matters
Matt Belloni argues much of the fury over Ellison's threat to pull Paramount from California is misdirected, and Hollywood faces a reckoning anyway.
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15 · Stratechery
"New York and the Power of the Network"
Why it matters
Andrew Sharp argues New York finance's network effects are too strong for Mamdani's rhetoric to move, while Hollywood's were broken.
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16 · Puck
"What If Vogue & LTK Had a Baby?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Hollywood, Paramount's threats and media coverage choices.
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17 · Status
"The Media's Vaccine Hesitancy"
Why it matters
Status argues much coverage framed Trump's childhood vaccine order, built on debunked science, as a partisan question rather than a factual one.
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18 · Digiday
"An anatomy of the creator brand trip's midlife crisis"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the open web, the AI slop economy and surveillance.
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19 · Digiday
"European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the open web, the AI slop economy and surveillance.
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20 · Digiday
"Inside Unilever's 300,000 creator network"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the open web, the AI slop economy and surveillance.
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