{
  "id": 800956,
  "title": "The Lakers’ Owner Needed Cash. Then Came a $12.5 Billion Offer to Buy the Team.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-lakers-owner-needed-cash-then-came-a-12-5-billion-offer-to-buy-800956",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Markets",
    "slug": "wsj-markets",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/lakers-mark-walter-joshua-kushner-bob-iger-0ceeea23?mod=rss_markets_main"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Facing a federal investigation and a liquidity crunch, Mark Walter needed only 72 hours to accept an out-of-the-blue offer to sell the Lakers to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger.",
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        "outlet": "WSJ Markets",
        "title": "The Lakers’ Owner Needed Cash. Then Came a $12.5 Billion Offer to Buy the Team.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-lakers-owner-needed-cash-then-came-a-12-5-billion-offer-to-buy",
        "published": "2026-08-13T16:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}