{
  "id": 683439,
  "title": "Lakers sold for $12 billion to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner with former owner under federal investigation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lakers-sold-for-12-billion-to-bob-iger-and-josh-kushner-with-former",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:49:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SB Nation",
    "slug": "sb-nation",
    "url": "https://www.sbnation.com/nba/1124765/los-angeles-lakers-sold-12-billion-bob-iger-josh-kushner-investigation-mark-walter"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Los Angeles Lakers were sold to Mark Walter for $10 billion in June of 2025. Now the Lakers have been sold again one year later for $12 billion. Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and businessman Josh Kushner purchased the franchise on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. Iger and Kushner had been trying to […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}