The $12.5 Billion Lakers, the NFL’s TV Fight, and Sports Media’s Big Split

Podcast: Channels with Peter Kafka · Vox Media Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-08-19

Sports teams keep selling for more money because, in theory, their media rights keep becoming more valuable. But the companies that actually pay for sports TV are starting to push back. John Ourand of Puck joins me to break down Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5 billion deal for the Los Angeles Lakers— and whether the number makes sense if local and national TV money is no longer guaranteed to keep rising. Then: the NFL wanted its TV partners to reopen their current rights deals early and pay more now. Fox’s Lachlan Murdoc...