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  "id": 995554,
  "title": "Jeff Bezos' Liverpool deal raises stakes in US battle for Premier League power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/jeff-bezos-liverpool-deal-raises-stakes-in-us-battle-for-premier",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T08:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sport/soccer/premier-league/2026-08-15-jeff-bezos-liverpool-deal-raises-stakes-in-us-battle-for-premier-league-power/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fenway Sports Group have brought in outside investment from Jeff Bezos and fellow billionaires to fuel Liverpool’s title push, despite cautious reactions from supporters’ groups.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport Football",
        "title": "Bezos-backed consortium buys a third of Liverpool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/bezos-backed-consortium-buys-a-third-of-liverpool",
        "published": "2026-08-14T16:00:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Liverpool complete $1.9 billion investment deal with Jeff Bezos amongst consortium",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/liverpool-complete-1-9-billion-investment-deal-with-jeff-bezos",
        "published": "2026-08-14T17:34:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Liverpool deal with Bezos consortium raises stakes in US battle for Premier League power",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/liverpool-deal-with-bezos-consortium-raises-stakes-in-us-battle-for",
        "published": "2026-08-14T23:12:28.000Z"
      }
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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."
}