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title: "Los Angeles Lakers to be sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for $12.5 billion"
description: "Most outlets led with the sale price and the identities of the new owners. Arab News Pakistan highlighted the $12.5 billion valuation and named the buyers, while The News International added that the deal marks the NBA franchise’s second ownership change in under a year. Neither excerpt provided further details about the transaction’s implications or reactions."
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# Los Angeles Lakers to be sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for $12.5 billion

world · latest filing 12 Aug 2026, 8:15 PM PKT · 12 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the sale price and the identities of the new owners. Arab News Pakistan highlighted the $12.5 billion valuation and named the buyers, while The News International added that the deal marks the NBA franchise’s second ownership change in under a year. Neither excerpt provided further details about the transaction’s implications or reactions.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The News International** — [Josh Kushner, Bob Iger strike deal to buy Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1412077-josh-kushner-bob-iger-strike-deal-to-buy-los-angeles-lakers) · 12 Aug 2026, 8:15 PM PKT
  > The Los Angeles Lakers are set to be sold to former Disney chief Bob Iger and investor Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital, marking the NBA franchise's second ownership change in less than a year.The Hollywood Reporter said the surprise deal comes months after the NBA Board of Governors approved...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers to be sold for $12.5bn to Kushner and Iger](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654426/sport) · 12 Aug 2026, 10:08 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > LOS ANGELES, United States: The Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most successful teams in NBA history, are being sold to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and investor Joshua Kushner in a deal valued at $12.5 billion, ESPN reported Wednesday. The sale, which would mark a record-breaking valuation for a North American sports franchise, comes only about a year after billionaire Mark Walter agreed to buy a...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 12 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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